Video showed cranes lifting large pieces of wreckage out of the river and placing them on a pair of U.S. Navy barges in the waterway near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a Tuesday afternoon update it recovered several parts of the airplane,

There were 64 passengers aboard the plane, and three Army soldiers in the helicopter, according to officials. Here's a look at what we know about the victims.

Two Washington, D.C., airport employees have been arrested in connection with the leak of a video showing the moment Flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29.

Ian Epstein, a 53-year-old flight attendant who died in the January 29 American Airlines CRJ 700 crash in Washington, D.C., wasn't originally supposed to be on the flight but switched shifts with a colleague, it has been reported.

Nearly 70 people are believed to have died in the fatal crash between an American Airlines regional jet and a Black Hawk Army helicopter Jan. 29.

The pilots of the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army helicopter late Wednesday night have been identified. Jonathan Campos, 34, was the captain of American Airlines Flight 5342 when an Army helicopter apparently flew into its path as it prepared for landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., CNN reported.

Trump claims without evidence that the FAA employs 'intellectually deficient' air traffic controllers President Donald Trump once again criticized the merits of the Federal Aviation Authority's air traffic controllers on Tuesday when asked by reporters about the qualifications of the team that works under Elon Musk within the Department of Government Efficiency.