The Latest Breaking News from American Airlines

Officials say over 100 family members of victims are in the Washington area for briefings and that every air traffic controller involved is under intense scrutiny

Less than 24 hours after the tragic crash killed all 67 people on both aircraft near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), the National Transportation Safety Board's investigation removed the black boxes from the wreckage of American Airlines flight 5342.

A single air traffic controller was handling an amount work typically assigned to two people when the crash occurred, the report says

Video shows the wreckage of the American Airlines passenger plane in the Potomac River following a deadly collision with a Black Hawk military helicopter.

‘Even the most skilled pilots are going to make human errors, because they’re human,’ former Navy fighter pilot Matt Cox told The Independent

Questions grow about air safety in the US capital as Donald Trump says Black Hawk chopper was 'flying too high' at time of collision

The man took to TikTok to share that his plane was scheduled to land behind the doomed American Airlines flight.

The National Transportation Safety Board promised to “leave no stone unturned” in its investigation into the fatal collision between the Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night.

"Eerie." Fans of a teenage skater who lost his life in the American Airlines crash found his last photos, posing happily alongside his teammates hours before boarding the plane. The post “Bonechilling”: Figure Skater’s Eerie Final Post Before Plane Crash Leaves Heartbroken Fans In Tears first appeared on Bored Panda.