Victims in the crash included figure skaters, a group of friends traveling to hunt and the flight’s pilots and crew

Democrats will adjust as the sound-bite age fades into history. But it will be difficult.

At the time of the collision there was one controller managing traffic for both helicopters and planes, according to The New York Times

Officials have recovered 40 bodies from the wreckage after American Airlines flight collided with Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac

This is no time to play politics, writes a former US army helicopter pilot as she outlines what must change to prevent such a tragedy happening again

Captain Sully Sullenberger, the hero pilot who famously landed a plane on New York’s Hudson River without losing a single passenger in 2009, touted how “exceptionally safe” aviation has become — but admitted that “everything is harder at night” in a new interview.