How Many Plane Crashes So Far in 2025? See Number
Find out how many plane crashes happen on average per year in the United States in light of tragic news of multiple aviation accidents.
What to know about the NTSB and the investigation into the DC plane crash
National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Hommendy described the investigation into the crash Wednesday night as an “all-hands-on-deck event” for the agency during a news conference Thursday in which she appeared with members of the board and a senior investigator overseeing the probe.
What is the NTSB, the agency leading the investigation into the DC plane crash?
The NTSB traces its origins to 1926 when Congress assigned aircraft accident investigations to the US Department of Commerce. It became an independent agency within the US Department of Transportation in 1967.
DC plane crash: NTSB on air traffic control tower staffing, last-second communications
The NTSB says when the Jan. 29 collision between a passenger plane and helicopter occurred, the air traffic control tower had five persons on duty.
D.C. Plane Crash Victims: What We Know
With officials saying no one has survived the crash, efforts have since shifted to recovering bodies in Potomac River.
DC plane crash black boxes found as staff shortage claims examined
The black boxes for a passenger plane that hit a military helicopter above Washington DC have been found, as questions mount about staffing and close calls at the airport where the plane was landing.
DC plane crash investigators recover American Airlines black boxes after midair collision
The National Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered a cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport late Wednesday.
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Is flying still safe? Here’s what experts say
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What is the NTSB and how will it investigate the DC plane crash?
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Major airline crashes persist even as plane safety improves
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The American Airlines crash is the nightmare scenario that pilots and aviation workers have long feared
Aviation experts have warned for years about near collisions at airports around the US, citing air traffic control shortages ...
Live updates: More than 40 bodies pulled from the water after the DC midair collision
A deadly midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard ...
Aviation community shaken after D.C. collision; local pilot shares insight
Many in the aviation community have responded, following the mid-air collision in Washington D.C. that killed 67 people.
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Army aviation was having a bad few years—even before Wednesday’s crash
The deadly Jan. 29 helicopter crash outside Washington, D.C., was the Army’s first serious aviation incident in months—but it came on the heels of a fiscal year that saw the service’s highest rate of ...
The most recent commercial aviation accidents in the US
The tragic accident, caused by a midair collision between a regional American Airlines jetliner and an Army helicopter, is ...