Credit: Nigel Howarth / Aviation Week The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the FAA have launched an investigation into an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 engine fire that ...

The FAA has removed helicopter routes 4 and 6 from the area around DCA and revised Route 7 to extend west of the airport. These changes are aimed at preventing future mid-air conflicts between ...

"We as a group can never go back to just getting on a plane and trusting that everything will be OK," one relative told Newsweek.

NTSB Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said the location of helicopter Route 4 and the final approach path to DCA runway 33 was an "intolerable risk to aviation safety by increasing the chance of a ...

The FAA "is taking a series of steps to improve safety around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that follows the NTSB's recommendations," according to a news release. Advertisement The ...

The FAA is making significant changes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after the National Transportation Safety Board urged “immediate action” to improve safety in the wake of a ...

Investigators and the FAA are still piecing together why such risk persisted for years despite warning signs and whether other precursors were missed. The NTSB in a March 11 safety recommendation ...

The investigation into a January midair collision that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C., revealed an alarming number of ...

Investigators reported that the wreckage was recovered for further examination. The NTSB and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are continuing their investigation into the cause of the ...

The FAA has removed helicopter routes 4 and 6 from the area around DCA and revised Route 7 to extend west of the airport. These changes are aimed at preventing future mid-air conflicts between ...

It was no secret there had been previous close calls, but the numbers found by the NTSB were alarming.FAA officials have not yet addressed who inside the agency saw the data and whether it ...