NTSB member Todd Inman said "We feel comfortable and confident" that the boxes would be recovered. The fatal crash took place just before 9 p.m. Wednesday when American Airlines Flight 5342 attempted to land and collided in midair with a Black Hawk trying to land at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington,

A plane from Wichita appeared to collide with a helicopter near Washington, D.C. and has landed in the Potomac River. The website FlightAware lists the last flight from Wichita to Reagan National Airport as American Airlines Flight 5342.

A plane from Wichita that collided with a helicopter over the Potomac River was traveling a nonstop route established only a year ago, officials say.

The aircraft arrived at GSP from Ronald Reagan National Airport at 10:02 p.m. on Tuesday and headed back to Washington on Wednesday morning

The American Airlines regional jet was on the final approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., when it collided midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter shortly before 9 p.m.

An American Airlines regional jet was involved in a midair collision near Washington, D.C., the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.

American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was attempting to land when the plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided.

The American Airlines plane involved in a midair collision with an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) was in the Upstate the morning of the crash.

The collision of a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines plane over Washington D.C. has left many people stunned. Here's what experts want to know.

A deadly collision between an American Eagle passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter occurred over Washington, D.C., resulting in both aircraft crashing into the Potomac River. While investigators continue their efforts,

The Potomac plane crash has had a cascading effect that will send ripples through the airline industry for days, if not longer. Here is everything to know.

Investigators are beginning to explore how an American Airlines jet and Black Hawk Army helicopter collided over Reagan Washington National Airport.