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.

The responsibility of handling air traffic control for helicopters and incoming planes at Reagan National Airport were combined on Wednesday night ahead of a deadly collision, a report said.

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has indefinitely closed helicopter routes near Reagan National Airport following a deadly crash involving an American Airlines plane ...

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 ...

Chilling air traffic control (ATC) audio has been released, revealing the reaction of staff as an American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter, killing everyone involved.

An air traffic controller was allegedly given the job of two people after another worker clocked off early on the evening of the deadly crash involving an American Airlines jet and US military ...

An American Airlines flight that collided with a U.S. Army helicopter resulting in one of the most devastating airline disasters in decades hearkened back to two tragedies. On Wednesday night ...

WASHINGTON -- Recovery efforts were ongoing Friday evening following the nation's first major commercial airline crash since 2009. Barges are en route to the crash site and should be on site early ...