Pilots who agree initiate a swooping turn that on final approach brings them northwest and low across the river — the path ...

Investigators searching for wreckage from last week’s deadly midair collision between a US military Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines plane near Washington, DC, conducted an overnight ...

For pilots, the approach to Washington DC's busiest airport and the path through its congested, confined airspace must be regimented. Often it involves a late, low-altitude turn, while passengers ...

a retired Air Force major general and head of the Washington Airports Task Force. “At what point is enough enough?” Rescue workers after the crash. Pilots have warned that the airspace leaves ...

Colonel Allen Campbell, a former Delta Airlines pilot. Campbell said the restrictions of D.C.’s airspace mixed with the military zone always made DCA a very interesting landing. “As long as ...

The airspace above Reagan National Airport, where a commercial plane collided with an Army helicopter this week, has become increasingly congested with air traffic, including helicopters.

The Washington airspace operates under what’s known as “Class Bravo,” which is highly restricted and requires special approvals to use.

Shortly before 9 p.m. on Wednesday evening, American Airlines Flight 5342 approached the runway at Reagan Washington National Airport. Moments later the passenger jet collided with an Army Black ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The airspace around Washington, D.C., is congested and complex — a combination aviation experts have long worried could lead to catastrophe. Those fears materialized ...