In order to enable safe flight, airspace is split into categories ranging from very tightly controlled areas around airports to other zones – mostly rural – where rules are much more relaxed. The Army ...

Investigators are searching for answers after the midair collision that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C.

Divers are expected to return to the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation after the United States’ ...

In fact, the average risk of an American being in a plane crash is about 1 in 11 million. You're about three times more likely to be killed by a shark and about 2,000 times more likely to get in a ...

A plane flying out of Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, aborted landing due to helicopter traffic ...

Statistics show that flying in an airplane is the safest way to travel. Here are stats on the rates of plane crashes.

With another fatal plane crash in the headlines, many travelers may be worried about stepping onboard their next flight.

Fatal crashes like the one that happened near Washington on Wednesday are increasingly rare because of modern aviation safety ...

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

A timeline of the Washington, D.C., plane crash on Jan. 29 details the moments before and after an American Airlines ...

Collisions like the one between an American Airlines plane and a helicopter over the Potomac River in D.C. this week have led to changes in the way we travel.

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