Before Wednesday's crash between a passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, the last fatal crash involving a U.S. commercial airline occurred in 2009 in New York.
The American Airlines crash near Washington DC's Ronald Reagan National Airport follows a pattern of crashes and near-misses - including a 1982 crash that left 78 people dead.
An American Airlines regional passenger jet carrying 64 people crashed into Washington DC's Potomac River on Wednesday after colliding mid-air with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National ...
The deadly crash in the Potomac after an American Eagle jet collided with a military helicopter has stirred memories of a long-ago tragedy in Washington, D.C. An Air Florida flight taking off en route ...