The National Transportation Safety Board will lead an investigation, hoping to determine what happened and prevent any similar accidents in the future. There is no reason to believe that the dramatic changes to the federal government made by the Trump administration,

Fatal crashes of commercial aircraft in the U.S. have become a rarity. The deadliest recent crash was in 2009 near Buffalo, New York. All 45 passengers and the four crew members were killed when the Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane crashed into a house. One person on the ground also was killed.

A door was apparently not fully closed on a homebuilt airplane that crashed in Southern California earlier this month

President Trump, without evidence, is questioning the actions of the Army helicopter pilot and air traffic controller in a deadly midair collision.

Two people were seriously injured after a small plane crashed and erupted in flames near the 101 Freeway in Goleta.

An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while coming in for a landing at Ronald

Officers tried to get into the vehicle to save the driver, but "due to the intensity of the flames and heat, they were unable to rescue the occupant," the department said.

The National Transportation Safety Board is leading an investigation into how the American Airlines plane collided with the military helicopter.

President Donald Trump took the podium at Thursday's White House press briefing to address the deadly plane crash near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night. It is the first national tragedy the president has had to address in his second term.

It is being reported that staffing was “not normal" in the air traffic control tower at Washington Reagan National Airport during the time of the deadly plane crash on Wednesday night.

Wednesday's crash involving an American Airlines flight and Black Hawk helicopter marked the first commercial crash on U.S. soil in more than 15 years.

It is being reported that staffing was “not normal” in the air traffic control tower at Washington Reagan National Airport during the time of the deadly plane crash on Wednesday night.