Investigators said that an air traffic controller had instructed the Black Hawk crew to pass behind a nearby passenger jet, ...

For the latest updates, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the plane crash investigation on Friday, Feb. 7. WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines plane ...

In a briefing on Saturday, Feb. 1, officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) told reporters that the Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the plane between 300 feet and 350 feet ...

Since recovery operations on the river began Monday, authorities have retrieved most of the crashed jet and U.S. Army helicopter, both of which will be analyzed as part of federal authorities ...

Technology that would have allowed air traffic controllers to better track the movement of an Army helicopter before it collided with a passenger jet over the Potomac River last week was turned ...

The agency said it still needs to examine the Black Hawk to verify more information about the accident, especially the helicopter's altitude at the time of the crash. The air traffic control tower ...