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

The wreckage of the American Airlines jet that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter will begin being removed from the Potomac River on Monday.

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.

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