Jonathan Koziol, a retired Army chief warrant officer with more than 30 years of flight experience, told reporters that the flight was a nighttime qualification flight with an instructor pilot evaluating an experienced pilot on the flight routes that their unit routinely flies day and night around the Potomac River.

Political leaders had warned about the dangers of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. months before an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on its approach to the airport.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with no survivors. Sixty-four people were on board the plane, which departed from Wichita, Kansas. Three soldiers were on the helicopter.

An American Airlines regional jetliner coming from Wichita, Kansas, collided midair with a Black Hawk military helicopter near Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.

The Republican-controlled Senate has confirmed Lee Zeldin as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Donald Trump 'joked' about visiting the site of yesterday's American Airlines tragedy, when asked about it at a press conference. The President was asked if he would be attending the area of Ronald Reagan National Airport where the commercial jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter.

An American Airlines regional jet collided with a military helicopter as it was approaching Reagan National Airport.

The confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick for Transportation was met with support from the travel industry.

American Airlines flight 5342 was approaching to land in Washington DC from Wichita, Kansas when it collided with a military helicopter.

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Sen. Cantwell wants the Federal Aviation Administration to be more aggressive when it comes to aviation safety and calls for more air controllers.

Duffy was sworn into the Cabinet position just hours before an American Airlines passenger plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River