Aviation experts have warned about the risk of a passenger aircraft collision for years.They cite air traffic controller shortages and airspace congestion as safety risks.Wednesday's crash is the first complete-loss US airline accident since 2009.

Several figure skaters, along with their coaches and families, were traveling on an American Airlines plane that crashed into an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C.

He indicated 27 bodies had been recovered from the airplane, and one from the helicopter.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington is one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that the White House will release the names of the victims of the deadly accident that happened on Wednesday night in coordination with American Airlines.

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

A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.

The married couple, won the world championships in pairs figure skating in 1994, had reportedly lived in the US since at least 1998.

Authorities continue to search for bodies and determine what led to the Wednesday, Jan. 29, midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in the Washington,

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with no survivors expected.

An American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport, leaving all 64 aboard feared dead.