The deadliest plane crash in U.S. history was in May 1979, when American Airlines Flight 191 lost an engine during takeoff at ...

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

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort ...

11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which were a deliberate act of violence. American Airlines Flight 191 departed Chicago on May 25, 1979. Moments after takeoff, the "left engine and strut assembly ...

Before Wednesday’s crash near Washington, D.C., there had not been a fatal collision involving a commercial aircraft in the ...

Statistically, for now at least, flying is still much safer than driving. According to the International Air Transport ...

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 ...