The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it is planning additional helicopter route changes near Ronald Reagan ...

New FAA administrator Bryan Bedford called the U.S. air traffic control system "unacceptable" and vowed major tech upgrades ...

As hearings unfold into the fatal January plane-helicopter collision near D.C., investigators say the FAA ignored clear ...

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized U.S. officials for failing to act before the January ...

At their closest points, helicopters and planes routinely flew within 75 feet near the airport, according to the NTSB.

Air traffic controller failed to notify commercial plane crew about approaching Army helicopter before Washington D.C.

Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal ...

The National Transportation Safety Board wrapped up a three-day investigative hearing into the mid-air collision between a ...

A federal fact-finding probe into a deadly midair crash near Washington earlier this year that concluded on Friday shows a disaster decades in the making.

Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy has urged the Federal Aviation Administration to improve safety measures, pointing to ...

But Jack Jarvis, a contractor who evaluated the tower's staffing level, said it wasn't healthy — and when he reported his findings, he was silenced.

WASHINGTON—A key FAA risk assessment tool did not find a single near-midair collision in Washington, D.C., airspace among ...