Airlines are constantly disposing of old aircraft and acquiring new ones. The reasons rarely have much—if anything—to do with ...

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort ...

Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest ...

May 25, 1979 – An American Airlines DC-10 crashes after takeoff ... 1996 – TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747, explodes in air and crashes off the coast of Long Island, New York.

American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, 2025. Authorities said no one survived, including a ...

The Fort Worth-based airline said anyone who thinks they may have a loved one on board can call 800-679-8215. An airport security officer was on duty at the American Airlines counter Wednesday ...

Robert Isom, the CEO of American Airlines, issued a video statement Wednesday ... loved ones who may have been involved in the crash at 800-679-8215. There was no word yet where the plane ...

Air Traffic controllers warned the pilots of a military helicopter circling Washington DC moments before it collided with an American ... 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's airlines.