Reagan airport was at the center of a fierce safety debate last year. Lawmakers approved more flights anyway - ‘We’ve been pretty plain about our [safety] concerns, but it isn’t a good time to speculate right now,

A combination of factors may have played a role in the deadly airplane/helicopter crash, including increased air traffic on the world's busiest runway, vacant air traffic controller positions and outdated technology to make flights safer.

The USA Fact Check Team digs into comments made about the FAA and diversity efforts in the wake of the DC plane crash.

God forbid waking up and looking in a mirror one day and say, ‘Wow, I was warned. I was warned and I shouldn’t have done this,’” Kaine said in 2024.

American Eagle Flight 5342 en route from Wichita, Kansas (ICT), to Washington, D.C. (DCA) was involved in an accident at DCA. Rescue operation is underway and US President Donald Trump has said that t

President Trump’s remarks, suggesting that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens.

Lawmakers have an interest in boosting direct flights to their states because Reagan is closer to downtown than Dulles.

In a live televised address, the President said the federal aviation administration was 'actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities and psychiatric problems'

U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided at a Washington airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet crashed into a U.S. Army helicopter at a Washington airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.

Recovery work continues at the crash site in Washington, where all 64 people on board an American Airlines flight died along with three soldiers on a military helicopter. Meanwhile, a report has found air traffic control tower staffing was "not normal" for the time of day.

Reagan airport faced warnings over its packed airspace for years. More flights were approved anyway - ‘We’ve been pretty plain about our [safety] concerns, but it isn’t a good time to speculate right now,