A deadly midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter near the nation's capital is bringing renewed focus on the federal agency charged with investigating aviation disasters.

A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas has killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Asra Hussain Raza was among 67 people killed in a midair collision between an Army helicopter and a jetliner at Ronald Reagan National Airport in the US

Democratic California Rep. Norma Torres is doubling down on holding President Donald Trump responsible for contributing to the fatal aircraft

An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

Sixty-seven passengers and crew died in Wednesday night's crash between a regional American Airlines jet and a Blackhawk helicopter from Fort Belvoir near Reagan National Airport.

WASHINGTON: Investigators on Thursday (Jan 30) recovered the black boxes from a passenger plane whose mid-air collision with a military helicopter over Washington's Potomac River killed 67 people

There were no survivors after a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D

One onlooker said that he initially “didn’t think much of it” and thought the collision resembled “shooting stars.”

American Airlines Flight 5342 was scheduled to land at 9:03 p.m. on Wednesday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Air-traffic-control audio transmissions and flight-tracking data reviewed by