American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River, home to some of the country's most restricted airspace.

Figure skaters and coaches returning from the national championships were aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday, the U.

A regional jet approach ing Reagan National Airport collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River late Wednesday night, prompting a massive search and rescue operation.

Despite pressure to cut costs and an activist investor campaign, Southwest reported a healthy profit for the fourth quarter.

Wall Street pointed mostly higher in premarket trading Thursday while more corporate earnings poured in a day after the Federal Reserve opted to leave its benchmark lending rate alone. Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.

New flights have been added for Kansas City and Philly fans, with one airline adding flights on a route it doesn't normally serve.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

Southwest Airlines is getting set to completely overhaul its seating setup, with its first-ever assigned and extra-legroom seats officially launching next

Louis Armstrong International Airport has updated its list of airlines with flight cancelations that stretch into Wednesday. Many airlines began canceling flights Monday night, and all of them shut down operations here Tuesday, though the airport remained open.

A massive search and rescue operation that included divers was underway in the Potomac River, but officials said during the press conference that it is now a recovery operation. As of the 4:30 a.m. PT press conference, 27 bodies were recovered from the plane, while one was recovered from the helicopter.

There appears little doubt that most of the blame for Wednesday night’s fatal mid-air collision in Washington lies with the three-person crew of a US Army Blackhawk helicopter. It collided with an American Airlines CRJ jet on final approach to a runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

An American Airlines jet and a US army helicopter collided close to the runway of Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington DC.