A supervisor allowed an air traffic controller at Ronald Reagan National Airport to leave early, hours before the passenger plane collided with an Army helicopter in midair, according to reports.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Airlines jet that crashed in DC was given a runway change minutes before the tragedy. Audio tapes show the military ...

An air traffic controller managing helicopter and airplane traffic on the night of the Potomac River mid-air collision in January should have informed the crew of the passenger jet an Army helicopter ...

The responsibility of handling air traffic control for helicopters and incoming planes at Reagan National Airport were combined on Wednesday night ahead of a deadly collision, a report said. Sometime ...

Investigators have recovered the black box from the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over Washington DC, as divers pull more bodies from the Potomac River. The remains of ...

Investigation into deadly midair collision focuses on helicopter flight What happened inside the Army Black Hawk helicopter in the moments before the fatal crash is key to unraveling the disaster, ...

As federal officials continue investigating what caused the deadliest U.S. air crash in almost a quarter century, understanding what happened inside the Army Black Hawk helicopter — and exactly what ...

The audio indicates that air traffic controllers tried to warn the Army helicopter about a nearby Canadair Regional Jet. By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs Video by Jamie Leventhal As American Airlines ...