The 64 people on board the American Airlines passenger jet and three soldiers on board the US army helicopter that collided over Washington are presumed dead.

The NTSB is an independent federal agency responsible for investigating all civil aviation accidents and other serious incidents in the U.S.

A deadly midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter near the nation's capital is bringing ...

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday ...

The NTSB is known for being highly professional — slow, but painstakingly thorough, and their conclusions with be based on ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders after an American Airlines plane and military helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport ...

The father of 28-year-old PSA Airs co-pilot Sam Lilley, who was killed in the deadly collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, appeared to fight back tears […] ...

The fateful DC plane crash involving an American Airlines flight reportedly has no survivors. The incident happened on ...

While authorities focus on the cause of the US's deadliest aviation disaster since 2001, families are mourning their loved ...

Rescue crews will return to the Potomac River on Friday morning as they continue searching for victims of Wednesday night’s ...

NPR's reporting will continue to focus on what happened and learning what we can about the victims and telling their stories.

Questions remain over the mid-air collision between a jet, which was carrying 64 people, including the crew, and a military ...