The deadliest plane crash in U.S. history was in May 1979, when American Airlines Flight 191 lost an engine during takeoff at ...

Low staffing levels in the high-pressure job bring long hours, widespread mandatory overtime and high rates of turnover, air ...

American Airlines Flight 191 is seen plunging — the 1979 crash remains the deadliest aircraft accident in US history. | ...

Nearly 46 years ago, this disaster claimed the lives of 273 people, with 258 being passengers, 13 crew members, and 2 ...

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort ...

The mid-air collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington’s Reagan National Airport was a shock to the nat ...

Before Wednesday’s crash near Washington, D.C., there had not been a fatal collision involving a commercial aircraft in the ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found no evidence of foul play and blamed the crash on errors by the pilot, who failed to retract the plane’s spoilers, or air brakes, at the critical ...

The last major collision of a commercial U.S. airline dates back to 2009, when a Colgan Air incident left 50 dead near ...

11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which were a deliberate act of violence. American Airlines Flight 191 departed Chicago on May 25, 1979. Moments after takeoff, the "left engine and strut assembly ...