Before the additional flights were approved, a senator warned that the increase could heighten the risk of collisions.

An American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C. was involved in a crash near Reagan Airport Wednesday night.

President Donald Trump called the Wichita flight crash an excruciating night in the nation’s history before quickly casting blame for why it occurred.

An American Airlines jet that left Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport on Wednesday evening crashed into the Potomac River after a midair collision with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The U.S. senator from Kansas who leads the Senate's aviation safety subcommittee talks about what Congress can do after the deadly plane crash in D.C.

A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., sending the two aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River.

Sixty-seven people are presumed dead following a collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter.

Let’s just commit to caring for one another, praying for each other, especially families of victims, and simply keep remembering the Lord’s promises to guide us in times like these.”

An air traffic controller was given the job of two people after one worker clocked off early on the evening the American Airlines jet and U.S. military helicopter collided in Washington, DC, according to a report.

Officials indicated a number of people died after an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter Wednesday night, causing both to crash into the Potomac River. DC Fire and EMS (DCFE) and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said they received multiple calls about the incident near Ronald Reagan

Air crash investigations can take months, and federal investigators told reporters they would not speculate on the cause.