
The tragic accident caused by a midair collision between a regional commercial airliner and a military helicopter in Washington, D.C., is the first fatal commercial air accident in nearly 15 years. On Wednesday night, an American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter with three crew members aboard while on approach to land at Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Both aircraft crashed into the Potomac River, and emergency response officials have said they "don't think there are any survivors from...