Arland Williams' fiancee said he didn't know how to swim and was terrified of the water but he kept a cool head and helped save the 5 survivors.

Forty-three years ago, the D.C. region was rocked by an air disaster that claimed 78 lives. On a snowy January afternoon, Air ...

After a D.C. plane collision Jan. 29, Joseph Stiley, survivor of an eerily similar 1982 plane crash in D.C., remembers how he ...

In the aftermath of the Jan. 29 air disaster over the Potomac River, the rescue and recovery efforts were stunningly fast — ...

Between the volume of air traffic and the variety of aircraft, the airspace in the Washington area remains among the most complicated and restricted in the country.

American Airlines Flight 191 is seen plunging — the 1979 crash remains the deadliest aircraft accident in US history. | ...

Joseph Stiley, now 86, used his in-flight experience to avoid death in the 1982 plane crash on the Potomac River. Almost ...

A plane crash survivor recounted a narrow escape from death. Recently, fears surrounded flying amid one of the deadliest US ...

Following the deadly crash of an American Airlines commercial craft and a military helicopter, it's hard not to recall a ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Case in point: the eerily similar crash of Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 that took off from Reagan (then Washington National ...