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Investigators searching for wreckage from last week’s deadly midair collision between a US military Black Hawk helicopter and ...

Investigators have recovered data from inside the plane that shows what the last moments looked like for pilots before the deadly collision.

As many as 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was ...

It’s been one week since American Eagle Flight 5342 crashed into the Potomac River, and the work has only begun to recover ...

Investigators trying to determine what caused last week’s deadly midair collision between a US military Black Hawk helicopter ...

An otherwise solid set of airline safety statistics through much of 2024 was transformed by two deadly losses, while pilot ...

There were 64 passengers aboard the plane, and three Army soldiers in the helicopter, according to officials. Here's a look ...

For 2025, the team ranked Hong Kong Express the safest airline in the world. Founded in 2004, HK Express was acquired by ...

But knowing a big crash like this was coming—seeing all the patched-up holes in the aviation system that might have made it ...

Even as crews continued to comb the Potomac River for victims' remains, the Army Corp of Engineers began recovering the ...

The black box from the US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a commercial passenger jet and crashed into the Potomac River in Washington DC has been recovered, investigators announced.