The 1978 plane crash played a pivotal role in developing new technology that helps today's pilots flying for commercial airlines avoid crashes.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after an American Airlines jet ...

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 ...

Last year, senators from Virginia and Maryland sounded the alarm over congestion in the skies above Washington.

Airline executives have pushed the government to modernize air traffic control and alleviate congestion in some of the ...

Southwest Airlines Co. may be at risk of a comment letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission after including ...

SEC only allows companies to adjust revenue figures under limited circumstances Southwest Airlines Co. may be at risk of a comment letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission after including ...

Over the next year or more, NTSB investigators will piece together how a passenger jet and Black Hawk military aircraft ...

Southwest (LUV) executives stated on the company’s earnings call: “We are taking immediate actions to accelerate as much of the $500M of ...

Singer Patti Smith collapsed during a presentation in Brazil on Wednesday night, and later returned to apologize for needing ...

US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, ...

The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product — the economy's output of goods and services — expanded at a 2.3% annual rate from October through December. For the full year, ...