I have no higher calling than carefully, professionally transporting you today,” the American Airlines pilot said over the plane’s intercom system during a flight Thursday night.

The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that the flight data recorder from the Sikorsky helicopter has been found with “no exterior damage” and is now being inspect

American Airlines plane crash in Washington, D.C., that killed all 67 involved, investigators have sought to understand the tragedy. Here’s everything to know so far.

The National Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered a cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport late Wednesday.

One day before the midair crash in Washington, D.C., another collision was reportedly avoided near Reagan National Airport.

Timothy Lilley, father to 28-year-old Samuel Lilley, confirmed his son was one of the pilots of the American Airlines jet that collided mid-air with a helicopter Wednesday night before falling into the Potomac River—Lilley said his son,

The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines flight was alerted to the plane's presence by air control twice, according to the reports.