Divers return to the Potomac River as part of the recovery after the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century

Officials say the conditions of the Potomac River are complicating recovery efforts of the bodies of the 67 presumed dead in a mid-air collision between American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

Jo Ellis, a Black Hawk pilot with the Virginia Army National Guard who is transgender, was falsely identified as the captain flying the U.S. military helicopter with an American Airlines jet in Washington,

Air Traffic Control (ATC) audio from Wednesday’s collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet reveals the moments before and after controllers witnessed the disaster unfold.

Officials do not believe anyone survived the midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter over Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night.

In what could prove to be the worst American aviation disaster in decades, a small regional jet carrying around 50 passengers collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over Ronald Reagan airpor.

Occasionally, helicopters can be seen over the Potomac River rescuing people stranded on the rocks, but it’s rare see a helicopter putting people on them. That’s exactly what is happening this ...

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

U.S. authorities restricted helicopter flights near Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday, after a midair collision between an American Airlines (AAL.O), opens new tab passenger jet and a military helicopter killed 67 people this week.

A Potomac Riverkeeper Network member shared his experiences in helping the recovery effort. WASHINGTON — Dean Naujoks joined the Potomac Riverkeeper Network in 2015 and has been keeping the river clean ever since.

U.S. authorities restricted helicopter flights near Reagan Washington National Airport indefinitely on Friday, after a midair collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter killed 67 people. Officials said that 41 of the victims’ bodies had been recovered by Friday.

The Federal Aviation Administration is restricting helicopter traffic over the Potomac River stretching from Memorial Bridge to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge between the District of Columbia