February 12, 2009, marked an important date in aviation history. The crash, which killed 49 people, involved a Bombardier DHC-8-400 that ran into a residential area in Clarence Center, New York.

Rebecca Lynne Shaw was the 24-year-old co-pilot on the Continental Connection Flight that came crashing down near Buffalo, N.Y. in 2009.

Coverage of the recent mid-air collision brought up painful memories for John and Marilyn Kausner, whose daughter Elly was among those killed in the last major U.S. air disaster.

Air traffic controller audio TIME retrieved from LiveATC.net revealed what happened moments before the collision. The tower ...

US officials said they expect no survivors in one of the country's deadliest air disasters in decades. Two Chinese citizens were on board American Eagle flight ... more than 40 bodies have been ...

Recovery efforts are ongoing for dozens of bodies in the Potomac River ... when 50 people died on Colgan Air Flight 3407 in New York. Max Roser of Our World in Data wrote in December that 12.3 ...

In the wake of Wednesday’s devastating Washington D.C. plane crash, we take a look at how safe flying is compared to driving ...

Investigators have recovered the black boxes from the American Airlines jet that collided with a US Army helicopter near Washington, DC, killing all 67 people on board.

Flight 3407 was operated by now-defunct Colgan Air. Similarly, American Airlines flight 5342 was operated by a regional airline. Changes included passing the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation ...