The FBI arrested a Texas man for allegedly beating one passenger, attempting to strike another, injuring a second passenger and vulgarly berating a flight attendant aboard an American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington Reagan National Airport earlier this month, CBS News has learned. It occurred five weeks to the day after the crash of…
The United States Secret Service critically injured a man in Washington, D.C., near the White House on Sunday morning following an “armed confrontation.” Andrew Dawson was armed with a knife and firearm and had prior interactions with local law enforcement before the incident. (AFP)(AFP) The individual, later identified as, Andrew Dawson, a 27-year-old Indiana resident,…
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after several airliners on approach to land at Washington Reagan National Airport Saturday morning received what appear to be false alarms from their onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System. “It’s been happening all morning. Let me know if you see anything. No one else has seen anything except for on…
NTSB releases new details on D.C. midair collision – CBS News Watch CBS News The National Transportation Safety Board Friday laid out new details on its investigation into a midair collision between an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter last month which killed 67 people. The NTSB said the chopper may not have…
How a D.C. school is working to reverse pandemic learning loss – CBS News Watch CBS News Five years after the COVID pandemic forced millions of kids out of their classrooms, many student have yet to catch up. The average learner is still nearly half a grade behind in reading and math, one reason for…
Crew members on board the passenger jet that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter and crashed two weeks ago near Washington, D.C., have been awarded posthumous honors by the regional airline that operated their plane. American Eagle Flight 5342 plunged into the Potomac River on the night of Jan. 29, carrying 60 passengers and four…
More of the wreckage of an American Airlines regional plane was recovered Tuesday from last week’s deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., that sent the airliner and an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashing into the Potomac River. One of the pieces recovered Tuesday showed a portion of the American Eagle logo from the flight that…
The wreckage of the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River after colliding with an Army Black Hawk helicopter last week over Washington, D.C., was being removed from the water on Monday. Crews spent the weekend positioning cranes and other key equipment to begin removing the wreckage. “Our goal is to really lift…
NTSB investigators recover black box from Army helicopter in D.C. midair collision – CBS Chicago Watch CBS News Families of people who died in the collision between the helicopter and a passenger plane viewed the crash site Sunday. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not…
The deadliest week in U.S. aviation since Nov. 2001 – CBS News Watch CBS News On Friday night, a small medical jet carrying a young girl who’d just completed treatment at Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia was going home to Mexico when something went terribly wrong right after takeoff. The crash of the Learjet 55, which…