On Friday, a direct flight from Washington, D.C. to Wichita’s Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport brought the bodies of the Kansans involved in the crash back to the Sunflower State.

Last week, an American Airlines plane set for Washington, D.C., from Wichita collided with a Black Hawk Army helicopter.

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Pilots and flight attendants are aware of risks, but commercial aviation tragedies have been infrequent in the U.S. for years ...