It’s one of the most important pieces of forensic evidence following a plane crash: The so-called “black box.” There are actually two of these remarkably sturdy devices: the cockpit voice recorder and ...

Investigators have recovered the black boxes from both aircraft involved in the deadly midair collision near Washington, D.C., and are working to determine the cause.

A collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people brought renewed focus on the federal agency charged with investigating ...

The so-called “black box” from the Black Hawk helicopter, which collided with a passenger jet in Washington, D.C., has now ...

A medical transport jet carrying a pediatric patient and five others slammed into a neighborhood about 30 seconds after taking off on Friday, ...

Michael Schiavone, 37, experienced the incident first-hand from his Mayfair home when a loud noise caused his house to tremble, likening it to a mini earthquake. Upon reviewing his security camera ...

The information from the box, along with the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the CRJ700 airplane, could ...

Owensboro native J. Todd Inman is serving as the lead spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as investigators work to determine the cause of Thursday morning’s deadly mid-air ...

By LOLITA C. BALDOR, TARA COPP, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and LEA SKENE ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Police boats returned to the Potomac River on Friday as part of the recovery and investigation after a ...