WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a ...

WASHINGTON — The airspace around Washington, D.C., is congested and complex — a combination aviation experts long worried could lead to catastrophe. Those fears materialized Wednesday night when an ...

The US government admitted liability this week in the mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and a jet in Washington, DC, that killed 67 people earlier this year, according to court documents.

Congress is in the midst of a battle over how military helicopters fly through the airspace of the nation's capital, which ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has examined whether those lights could have made it more difficult for the helicopter crew to keep tabs on the plane and whether night vision goggles it ...