A history of commercial plane crashes and what we learned from them
Collisions like the one between an American Airlines plane and a helicopter over the Potomac River in D.C. this week have led to changes in the way we travel.
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One controller was doing the job of two when plane and helicopter collided in Washington
Supervisor had authorized a single air traffic controller to monitor planes and helicopters at the same time, contrary to ...
Midair collision kills 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster in almost a quarter century
A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas has killed all 67 people aboard the ...
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Midair collision near D.C. kills 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in almost a quarter century
Air crash investigations can take months, and federal investigators told reporters they would not speculate on what caused ...
TIMELINE: What led to the fatal collision of American Airlines Flight 5342?
The FAA and NTSB have launched an investigation into how an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter over ...
Here’s what we know so far about the DCA airplane collision
Among commercial flights, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed on landing at San Francisco International airport in 2013, with ...
Here are some of the deadliest plane crashes in US history, including Flight 232 in Iowa
Equipment failure led Flight 232 from Denver to Chicago to crash in Sioux City in 1989, killing more than 100 people.
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Collision between Army helicopter and jetliner near D.C. kills 67 in nation’s worst air disaster in a generation
The plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members was found upside down in three sections in waist-deep water in the ...
Everyone aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter is feared dead
An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members has collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and ...
American Airlines crash into helicopter marks a rare fatal incident in U.S. aviation history
Fatal crashes like the one that happened near Washington on Wednesday are increasingly rare because of modern aviation safety ...
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Michigan plane crash that killed 154 among deadliest in US history
May 11, 1996: A Valujet Airlines flight crashed into the Everglades about 10 minutes after takeoff from the Miami ...
American Airlines Flight 5342 Crash: Everything We Know So Far
According to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, both the helicopter and the American Eagle flight were in a "standard flight pattern" as the latter was on final approach to DCA. The collision and ...