On this day in aviation history, February 20, 1939, the Douglas DC-5 made its first flight. Less remembered than its cousins, the DC-5 was poised to make advancing strides in the field of civil ...

WASHINGTON -- The deadly mid-air collision at Reagan Airport in January was years in the making, the operations manager of the DCA air traffic control tower on the night of the accident told the ...

The Army helicopter that collided with a commercial plane over Washington, DC, in January had incorrect altitude readings, which contributed to the aircraft getting too close, according to National ...

What happened and when has prompted concerns about how the incident was handled. The chain of events set off by an unresponsive plane that eventually crashed Sunday in Virginia continues to raise ...