Lawmakers have an interest in boosting direct flights to their states because Reagan is closer to downtown than Dulles.
Officials say American Eagle Flight No. 5342 was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members when it collided with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter around 9 p.m.
Before the additional flights were approved, a senator warned that the increase could heighten the risk of collisions.
While officials have not said how many people died or were injured, the crash has already taken an emotional toll on the ...
An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, at Reagan National ...
Gravelly Point, just a few hundred feet from the north end of the runway at Reagan National, was one of the closed parks. It ...
Ronald Reagan National Airport is expected to reopen for flights at 11 a.m., according to Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel ...
Reagan National Airport temporarily stopped flight operations after an Army helicopter collided with a passenger plane.