An American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29. Both aircraft plunged into the ...

The Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the fatal midair collision in Washington, D.C., had a tracking system turned off, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said.

“This was a training mission, so there was no compelling national security reason for ADS-B to be turned off,” Cruz said after ... been recovered from the Potomac River, including the military ...

The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Eagle flight over the Potomac River late last month was flying with a safety system turned off, Sen. Ted Cruz told reporters Thursday ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

The lasers are used to penetrate the river's surface and map the riverbed ... Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday. Investigators are also looking into the altitude of the plane and ...

More than a week after the horrific helicopter-plane collision near Washington, salvage crews have recovered most of the ...

A key safety system was turned off on the U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines regional jet last week near Washington's Reagan Airport, killing 67.

In the ensuing hours, helicopters and inflatable boats light up the Potomac in ... and jet from the river. The wreckage is trucked to a secure hanger where NTSB investigators can examine it for clues.

Crews continuing to search for debris from the deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter near Washington used a plane outfitted with lasers to scan the bottom of the Potomac River ...