Just offshore of the towering national monuments of Washington, a tall crane now hovers over the Potomac River. It casts a ...

Much of the river remains off-limits to all vessels except authorized boats, John Donnelly, chief of Washington's fire department, said at a news conference on Sunday. The initial focus of ...

An American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night. Both aircraft plunged into the Potomac River near Reagan Airport.

Crews are on the scene on the Potomac River to retrieve the submerged wreckage of an airliner and an Army helicopter that collided midair in the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001.

A catastrophic collision between an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington ...

Flight 5342's black box put its altitude at 325ft at the time of collision - over 100ft higher than choppers are allowed to ...