Senator Ted Cruz, the chairman of the committee with oversight of transportation, said there was no compelling reason for the technology not to have been in use when the helicopter collided with a commercial jet over the Potomac River.

A US Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet near Ronald Reagan National Airport, marking the deadliest disaster in 20 years.

More information has emerged in the investigation into the mid-air collision over the Potomac River between an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter,

More than a week after the horrific helicopter-plane collision near Washington, salvage crews have recovered most of the wreckage.

Investigators say the crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D

The crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.‘s Ronald Reagan National Airport might not have heard instructions from the air traffic controller to pass behind the plane,

Investigators say just before the collision the Army helicopter may not have heard the order to go behind the jet. This is a breaking news update; check back for more details. On Jan. 29, an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided as the plane prepared to land at Washington D.