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

The military helicopter UH-60 'Black Hawk' and the American Airlines regional jet Bombardier CRJ700 that collided over Washington are aircraft commonly used worldwide. The plane was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members,

A tragic collision between a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Washington DC has shocked almost everyone.

More information about the passenger jet collision with the Army helicopter has come into the newsroom.

These two Sikorsky UH-60 "Black Hawk" helicopters shown on approach during Han Kuang military exercises in Taiwan in 2023 are like the one involved in the Washington, D.C., crash with an American Airlines plane.

Investigators have recovered the black boxes from the American Airlines jet that collided with a US Army helicopter near Washington, DC, killing all 67 people on board.

A new technology for autonomously operating aircraft dubbed “MATRIX” is drawing scrutiny across social media after a commercial airliner collided with a military helicopter in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.

A Black Hawk helicopter can transport up to "12 fully equipped, seated troops in combat," according to Lockheed Martin, the weapons company that builds the helicopter. There are about 5,000 of these helicopters in use by the United States Military.

Two planes aborted landings at Reagan National Airport in the past week due to military helicopters in their flight path, according to the Washington Post.

Black boxes have been recovered from the crashed American Airlines plane, with tests being carried out in a laboratory. Meanwhile, air traffic control audio has revealed another flight at the same airport the day before used an emergency code due to helicopter traffic in the area.

The soldiers on the helicopter that collided with an American Airlines jet on Wednesday night were from the 12th Combat Aviation Battalion based in Virginia.