Coverage of the recent mid-air collision brought up painful memories for John and Marilyn Kausner, whose daughter Elly was among those killed in the last major U.S. air disaster.

The crash was the 14th fatal crash of a U.S. airliner in 15 years, and families of the deceased led the calls to reform airline safety. Sixteen years later, the recent midair collision ended the ...

NORC Center for Public Affairs Research revealed that the confidence of Americans in air travel and the federal agencies ...

Sixty-seven people died in a collision between a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black ...

Authorities are combing the Potomac River for a second day in search of victims and more clues behind the deadliest U.S. air ...

More than 80 commercial planes have crashed in the U.S. since 1970.

Last month's mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., was the first fatal American commercial air disaster since shortly after 10 p.m. on February 12, 2009, when Colgan Air Flight 3407 fell out of ...

The American Airlines plane crash in Washington, DC, is shaping up to be the deadliest commercial crash in the US in more than two decades after authorities revealed early Thursday there were ...

Fatal crashes of commercial aircraft in the U.S. have become a rarity. The deadliest recent crash was in 2009 near Buffalo, N.Y. All 45 passengers and the four crew members were killed when the ...