A preliminary FAA report says that staffing at the D.C. airport’s air-traffic control tower was “not normal for the time of ...

The black box is a flight data recorder that documents all actions and speech made in the cockpit of a commercial aircraft. In previous plane crashes, black boxes have given investigators clues into ...

The crash occurred on Wednesday night, involving a CRJ700 regional jet from Kansas and a Sikorsky H-60 military helicopter.

Washington's fire and emergency services chief, John Donnelly, ruled out Thursday that there are no survivors in last night's ...

New images show the path taken by the Black Hawk pilot seconds before the deadly collision with an American Airlines ...

After an Army helicopter and American Airlines plane crashed into the Potomac River around Washington, D.C., a Virginia diver ...

Twenty-four hours later, recovery efforts continue to locate remaining victims involved in the deadly commercial airline crash at Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.

Police say a Norwegian-owned and Russian-crewed ship that authorities suspect may have been involved in damage to an ...

Emergency services in Washington DC are searching the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport following ...

The search and rescue operation for victims of the Washington DC plane crash could take multiple days, a fire chief has ...

What is a black box, what can it tell us, and have the data recorders been found from Flight 5342 and the Army's Blackhawk?

The flight data recorders involved in the crash haven't been recovered yet, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The NTSB is overseeing the investigation of the crash. “They are underwater,” ...