Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

Last month, an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided as the plane prepared to land at Washington ...

Jonathan Campos, Samuel Lilley, Danasia Elder and Ian Epstein, the crew who died on board American Eagle Flight 5342, have received honorary awards from their airline.

It has been even longer since a major crash involving American Airlines, the nation’s largest carrier. In November 2001, American Flight 587 crashed after takeoff from JFK Airport in New York ...

Star-Telegram’s front-page coverage of the Nov. 12, 2001, crash of American Airlines Flight 587 out of John F. Kennedy airport in New York. The worst aviation accident ever in the United States ...

The collision marks the first fatal crash of a U.S. carrier since 2009, when a Colgan Air regional jet crashed while landing in Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 aboard. The American Airlines jet ...

There were 64 people on the American Airlines jet and three soldiers in ... and south towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Jon Maravilla, Skater Who Was in Kansas with ...

The last American Airlines crash was in November 2001, when a flight leaving New York City crashed into a neighborhood in Queens, with all 260 people on board and five on the ground dying.

In the hours that followed the crash, D.C. Fire Chief John Donnelly shared a devastating update. read American Airlines Plane Crashes Into Potomac River After Mid-Air Collision With Army ...