The deadliest plane crash in U.S. history was in May 1979, when American Airlines Flight 191 lost an engine during takeoff at ...

Nearly 46 years ago, this disaster claimed the lives of 273 people, with 258 being passengers, 13 crew members, and 2 ...

A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers. Here's what we know about the incident so far.

The mid-air collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington’s Reagan National Airport was a shock to the nat ...

American Airlines Flight 191 departed Chicago on ... left roll and loss of control of the airplane." Flight 191 crashed several miles from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, and a "total ...

Before Wednesday’s crash near Washington, D.C., there had not been a fatal collision involving a commercial aircraft in the ...

Jonathan Campos, Samuel Lilley, Danasia Elder and Ian Epstein, the crew who died on board American Eagle Flight 5342, have received honorary awards from their airline.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found no evidence of foul play and blamed the crash on errors by the pilot, who failed to retract the plane’s spoilers, or air brakes, at the critical ...

An American Airlines pilot reassured any passengers nervous of flying in a heartfelt pre-flight announcement following the ...

The last major collision of a commercial U.S. airline dates back to 2009, when a Colgan Air incident left 50 dead near ...

Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery ...

The crash, which the website said was caused by “unintended structural damage,” resulted in 273 deaths. American Airlines Flight 191 remains the deadliest plane crash in American history.