Latest news and live updates after an American Airline jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.

The collision took place as the American Airlines flight made its final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ...

A midair collision between an American Airlines jetliner and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport on ...

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Black boxes have been recovered from the crashed American Airlines plane, with tests being carried out in a laboratory. Meanwhile, air traffic control audio has revealed another flight at the same ...

"Our whole air traffic control system has been blinking red, screaming at us that we've got it overloaded," one expert told BI.

Since its creation in 1967, the agency reports it has investigated more than 153,000 aviation accidents and incidents.

The National Transportation Safety Board said the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the American Airlines jet that collided with the Black Hawk helicopter have been recovered from ...

For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash investigation on ...

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Recovery operations are underway after an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.