Business Insider reviewed official briefings, flight data, and air traffic control audio tapes to piece together what happened before tragedy struck.

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

All 67 people aboard an American Eagle flight from Kansas and an Army helicopter were killed in a collision Wednesday night ...

American Airlines Flight 5342 is seen appearing to descend into the Washington airport as the Army Black Hawk helicopter ...

Who was flying the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter before Washington DC crash? - Officials have recovered 40 bodies from the wreckage after American Airlines flight collided with Bla ...

Army helicopter. There were 64 people on American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas to DCA — including 60 passengers ...

As investigators look into the cause of Wednesday night's plane crash, pilots share their initial take on the collision.

WASHINGTON: US authorities restricted helicopter flights near Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday (Jan 31), after a ...

That low-altitude flash of fire seen on video around the globe erupted in the sky above the nation’s capital a little before ...

The chopper was flying above a 200-foot (61-metre) limit on helicopters in the area when it crashed into a passenger plane ...

Police boats continue to search the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation into the United States’ deadliest ...

It was, in short, the kind of plane that makes it easy to fear for your life. By contrast, I hadn’t been concerned at all—and ...