DCA’s main runway is, after all, one of the busiest in the country. Pilots will tell you it’s also a tight space to fly through. “When you look at the restricted areas around there ...

WASHINGTON - A multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after a small American Airlines aircraft collided with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport ...

Any time a tragic aircraft accident occurs, the aviation community analyzes flight plans and circumstances to understand what happened. Kelly Deeds, the general manager of Legends Air Space in ...

Footage shot from a plane taking off from Reagan Washington National Airport on January 23, 2025, shows two Black Hawk helicopters flying alongside the passenger plane. Transportation Secretary ...

Good morning and welcome to the 43rd day of January. Only 19 days left in the month. Rainy, gusty and some fog with a high of 53 today and a low of 41 tonight. The Wizards are at Minnesota Saturday, ...

On Wednesday night, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a U.S. Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River near Washington. Officials believe there are no survivors from either craft.

The skirmish spilled into the pages of the Wichita Eagle in Kansas, which celebrated the addition of a direct flight to Reagan, which uses the airport code DCA, that began in January 2023.

Duffy assessed that “the helicopter was in a standard pattern,” adding that the airliner was also in a “standard flight pattern as it was coming into DCA. So this was not unusual.” ...

I lobbied American Airlines to begin having a direct, nonstop flight service to DCA,” Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., said at a press briefing early Thursday morning. “That flight has been in ...

NBC News' Tom Costello reports on how the air traffic control staffing at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) was "allowed, but not ideal," under the FAA’s safety standards.Jan. 30, 2025 ...