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Fatal crashes of commercial aircraft in the U.S. have become a rarity. The last was in 2009 near Buffalo, New York.

The tragedy over Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport late on Wednesday involving a regional aircraft and a military helicopter has put the spotlight on an occurence that is as rare as it is ...

The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed to USA TODAY that investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and ...

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National ... the 67 people on both aircraft. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images ...

There were no survivors after a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan ...

Emergency divers respond after a passenger aircraft collided with a helicopter, in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on Jan. 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Andrew ...

while deaths on airplanes are too rare to calculate the odds. Figures from the Department of Transportation tell a similar story. But the airspace around Reagan National can challenge even the ...

A commercial flight hit a military helicopter at Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport Wednesday night. The airport has a history of crashes and near-misses going back decades.

south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, across the Potomac River toward the District of Columbia, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) “We are going to recover our ...

Later in the day, she posted a photo of her husband in uniform and ... a passenger airplane had to abort its first landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport after a chopper appeared in its flight ...

These pictures show that the recorders are now ... On any other weekday morning at 11am, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport would have already been buzzing with passengers for hours.