Footage shows the head-on collision from new angles as the two aviation vehicles burst into flames and fall into the water below.

Legal experts tell Newsweek about the potential lawsuits that could be filed stemming from the D.C. plane crash.

An aviation attorney told Fox News Digital he expects the families of the victims of Wednesday's midair collision will file lawsuits in the coming days.

Olympian Scott Hamilton is mourning the deaths of members of the figure skating community, who were on an American Airlines flight that crashed into an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C.

Flight safety protocols are in question as investigation unfolds following mid-air crash involving American Airlines jet and Army helicopter.

The FAA and NTSB have launched an investigation into how an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River.

Too few controllers have been on the job across the country in general, and in the Baltimore-Washington corridor in particular, in recent years.

U.S. Rep Lloyd Doggett, a Democrat, said Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has been understaffed for months.

Staffing levels at Reagan National Airport's air traffic control tower were below normal during Wednesday night's tragedy, according to the FAA, but retired American Airlines pilot Richard Levy tells NPR that he can find no fault with the instructions the controller gave both aircraft.