US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, ...

The Federal Aviation Administration’s website boasts that the U.S. has the world's toughest qualifications for airline pilots.

Air traffic controllers at Reagan National Airport faced heightened stress last night due to staffing issues, according to the Federal Aviation Administration ( ...

An American Airlines jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday with a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, ...

The American air travel system has been under increasing stress in recent years, most notably in a series of near tragedies ...

The fatal midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter followed a string of near misses ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a former Blackhawk pilot, talked with CBS News' Nikole Killion about the midair collision of a plane ...

Last year, senators from Virginia and Maryland sounded the alarm over congestion in the skies above Washington.

DCA is one of the most demanding airports in the world. It also has what’s known as ‘helicopter alley’ with hundreds of ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an ex-Army Black Hawk pilot, said communications between airline and military pilots usually go through ...

An Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet Wednesday night and all 64 people aboard were killed. Has anything like this ever happened in San Diego?

Authorities have switched to a recovery mission in the Potomac River following a midair collision between an American Eagle ...