The grim event recalls the last time a major airline crash occurred, when Flight 3407 departed from New Jersey nearly 16 years ago.

Air Traffic Control (ATC) audio from Wednesday’s collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet reveals the moments before and after controllers witnessed the disaster unfold.

Authorities have switched to a recovery mission in the Potomac River following a midair collision between an American Eagle flight and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington,

Collisions like the one between an American Airlines plane and a helicopter over the Potomac River in D.C. this week have led to changes in the way we travel.

An American Airlines plane with 64 people on board collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.

An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. A D.C. fire official said Thursday that “we don't think there are any survivors from this accident" and "we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.

A look at the victims of Wednesday’s devastating mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

Plane With 64 Aboard Crashes Near Washington After Colliding With Helicopter An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kan., plunged into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport after the ...

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A US Airways Express turboprop crashed after takeoff from Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board. In November, an American Airlines jet crashed after departing from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground.

In 2018, a passenger on a Southwest Airlines jet was killed after shrapnel from the plane's engine crashed through a window and caused such a drop in air pressure that a passenger suffered fatal injuries after nearly being sucked outside. It was the first death on a U.S. airline flight since 2009.

The last deadly major crash involving a commercial airliner in the U.S. was in 2009, when 49 people — 45 passengers, 2 pilots and 2 flight attendants — aboard a Colgan Air flight crashed in New York state. One person also died on the ground.