The aircraft was a total loss, and the investigators concluded that excessive landing speed on a rain-swept runaway was the primary cause. The crash was the most serious in local aviation history ...

Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Feb. 6. For the latest updates, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the plane crash investigation on Friday ...

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An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test f ...

Rev. Dr. Pamela Hughes Mason of the St. Paul A.M.E. church shares her words of wisdom, after leading a prayer service in Wichita for those impacted by the deadly plane crash in Washington, D.C.

Investigators are still working to learn what went wrong on a clear evening when the passenger plane was just a few hundred feet from landing at ... seeing news of the crash Wednesday night.

All 67 people on board the plane and the helicopter were killed in the crash. Hundreds of families are in mourning after an American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk ...

Raul Meza Arredondo and paramedic Rodrigo Lopez Padilla died in the Mexico-bound Learjet 55 aircraft crash, said the company operating the medical transport flight, Jet Rescue Air, to CBS News.

Twenty-nine people survived the crash-landing in Kazakhstan. Aliyev has hailed the pilots, who died, as national heroes. The Azerbaijani leader has said that blame lies with Russian individuals ...

As a mom herself, she’s pushing to educate others so that when adrenaline takes over in the chaos of a crash, this life-saving information stays front of mind. “The biggest mistake is removing ...

On January 29, the American Airlines flight collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter as the jet made its landing at Reagan National Airport near Washington ... helicopter performing 'doomsday' ...