The decision was made two days after the tragic collision of American Airlines passenger plane with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter crash en route to D.C. from Wichita Wednesday is being called the worst American air disaster in a generation.

On a recent flight to Miami, a pilot’s words just moments before takeoff offered assurance to a cabin of travelers rattled by Wednesday's midair collision of American Airlines Flight 5342 and a ...

In the minutes before an American Airlines flight crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, an air traffic controller requested a last-minute runway change. The regional jet ...

The father of one of the two pilots on the American Airlines flight that crashed into a helicopter in Washington DC has demanded answers after the "worst day of his life". American Eagle flight ...

Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty In the aftermath of the midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday, Jan. 29, the Federal ...

New footage has captured the moment a passenger plane and military helicopter collided above Washington DC, as Donald Trump suggested the chopper was “flying too high by a lot”.

Emergency workers recover debris from the Potomac River in the aftermath of the collision of American Airlines flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter, as seen from Virginia. Reuters “This was a dark ...

It’s good for you. Now, on to the news. As authorities began investigating the cause of the midair collision yesterday between the American Airlines plane and Army helicopter, new details about ...

Names continue to emerge from family members after the collision between an American Airline plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter sent the wreckage into the freezing Potomac River.

Wednesday night's tragedy that killed 67 people near the U.S. Capitol affected people around the U.S., including Florida. Names continue to emerge from family members after the collision between an ...