More than 700 planes had already taken off and landed at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday when American Airlines flight 5342 approached it through one of the nation’s most congested air corridors.

While the cause of Wednesday's fatal mid-air collision is still under investigation, US President Donald Trump has claimed the helicopter involved in the crash was flying "far above" its limit.

The US Federal Aviation Administration is indefinitely restricting helicopter flights near Washington Reagan National Airport ...

Hopes of removing the remaining bodies from the wrecks of an American Airlines passenger jet and an army Blackhawk helicopter ...

The chopper was flying above a 200-foot (61-metre) limit on helicopters in the area when it crashed into a passenger plane ...

The flight data and voice recorders, known as black boxes, have been recovered after the midair collision of a passenger jet and an Army helicopter in the Washington, DC, area, the National ...

With another fatal plane crash in the headlines, many travelers may be worried about stepping onboard their next flight.

The US president has suggested, without proof, that a mid-air collision between a passenger jet and army helicopter that ...

The vision of the deadly midair collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter in Washington shows the ...

Following the deadly midair collision on Wednesday, our investigators found that dozens of close calls have been reported at ...

Sky News aviation expert Byron Bailey has described the cause of the fatal collision between an American Airlines plane and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter as being “cut and dry”. Officials have not ...