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.

The US government now admits failures by the pilots of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a controller in Reagan National Airport tower during the January 29 midair collision over the Potomac River ...

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 ...

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 ...

FILE - Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington ...

The American Airlines jet that crashed in DC was given a runway change minutes before the tragedy. Audio tapes show the military helicopter had the passenger plane "in sight" before the collision. The ...