A former FAA official and Embry-Riddle professor is urging a thorough investigation into what caused the American Airlines crash in Washington, D.C.

The FAA said the crash happened in some of the most tightly controlled and monitored airspace in the world, just over three miles south of the White House

An aviation expert is calling for taking "a bulldozer to the front of the FAA" after the fatal collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

An aviation attorney told Fox News Digital he expects the families of the victims of Wednesday's midair collision will file lawsuits in the coming days.

The first officer on the American Airlines plane that crashed into a military helicopter Wednesday night—killing all 64 people on board—has been identified by his father as one of the victims alongside American and Russian figure skaters,

The FAA and NTSB have launched an investigation into how an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River.

The tragic and “stunning” collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter — killing all 67 people aboard — should lead to changes near airports, according

Newly appointed Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said Thursday that the midair collision Wednesday night between a regional American Airlines passenger jet and a Black Hawk military helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington,

An American Airlines jet that left Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport on Wednesday evening crashed into the Potomac River after a midair collision with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Aviation experts have warned for years about near collisions at airports around the US, citing air traffic control shortages and airspace congestion.

He indicated 27 bodies had been recovered from the airplane, and one from the helicopter.