The aircraft had flown tourists in New York City thousands of times before crashing Thursday with a Spanish family aboard. Passengers who had flown earlier that day are processing the shock.

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Concerns that a deadly collision could occur at Reagan National Airport had long been building. But attempts to draw attention to potentially dangerous conditions sometimes went unheeded.

The wreckage of the plane, which disappeared on Thursday, was found about 34 miles southeast of Nome, the authorities said.

The Army helicopter that collided with a passenger plane above the Potomac River boasted an experienced crew doing “an unforgiving job.” Friends and relatives are still baffled and mourning their loss.

No one was injured, but a passenger on one of the planes described “violent shaking” and a “really loud crunching sound.”

Remains of 55 of the 67 victims have been recovered, officials said on Sunday as they prepared to lift the wreckage of the jet out of the Potomac River on Monday.

Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach’s family issued a statement that described her many achievements in the service.

Transportation safety investigators are seeking to determine if the pilots of the American Airlines plane detected danger just before the midair crash with a helicopter.

Residents of Northeast Philadelphia looked on in disbelief after the crash on Friday night that also injured at least 19 people on the ground.

Commercial planes have technology that helps prevent crashes — but it has limitations, which was highlighted by the accident in Washington.

Kaiyan Mao and Yu Zhou “were always there” as their son pursued his figure skating dreams. On Wednesday, the family flew together from Wichita to Washington.

The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast.

The Learjet, carrying a pediatric patient and five others, crashed on Friday, killing all on board. On the ground, one person was killed and at least 19 others were injured, officials said.

There is no evidence that diversity efforts played a role in the crash, and his statements disregarded his own administration’s hiring policies.

In a briefing that recalled his most extreme first term remarks, President Trump said without any evidence that diversity initiatives caused the midair collision.

President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens.

The plane had been cleared to land on Reagan National Airport’s main runway. But in the final moments of the flight, air traffic control asked the pilot to land on a separate, intersecting runway.

We explore Kennedy’s contentious confirmation hearing. But first, we cover breaking news on a plane crash in Washington D.C.

Sixty-seven people were killed after an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River.

In 1990, Avianca Flight 52 crashed in suburban Long Island and a 17-year-old girl was pulled from the wreckage. Survival has been its own ordeal.