But one thing has been clear for decades: America’s air-traffic control system ... to look out the window — which is why a FedEx cargo plane almost landed on top of a passenger jet two ...

On Jan. 29, an American Airlines passenger plane and an Army helicopter collided near Washington, D.C., killing 67 people in the deadliest air disaster in more than two decades. Just days later, a ...

A US Air Force ... The aircraft went down during the landing phase of the flight, Townsend said at a news conference. The pilot declared an inflight emergency before the crash, and was reported ...

Six passengers aboard and one person on the ground were killed, and local hospitals reported at least 20 people had been ...

Shocking video captured an F-35 fighter jet plummeting onto the runway and bursting into flames during a training exercise at Eielson Air Force Base ... ejected from the aircraft and floated ...

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.

says Michael Hawks a former Air Force air traffic control tower operator. "It's called local control and they control all the aircraft in the air." The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA ...

Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday ... especially the helicopter's altitude at the time of the crash. The air traffic control tower display showed ...

The fatal midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter followed a string of near misses ...

The plane crashed during the landing phase of the flight at Eielson Air Force Base, he said.The pilot had declared an inflight emergency prior to the crash and was in stable condition and being ...