National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Hommendy described the investigation into the crash Wednesday night ...

Divers are expected to return to the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation after the United States’ ...

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash investigation on ...

Ryan O'Hara, 29, was the crew chief of the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with the passenger plane, according to CBS ...

The American Airlines plane collided with a Blackhawk helicopter, near Reagan National Airport, just before 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Alexandr "Sasha" Kirsanov, a figure skating coach from Delaware, and two of his young students were among the victims from ...

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National ...

Air crash investigations can take months, and federal investigators told reporters they would not speculate on the cause.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National ...

The National Transportation Safety Board typically releases a preliminary report within a few weeks of an accident.

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