Commercial planes have technology that helps prevent crashes — but it has limitations, which was highlighted by the accident ...

Lee Moak is a past president of the Air Line Pilots Association and was a commercial pilot for 25 years.

As the investigation begins into the cause of the mid-air crash between an American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S ...

US time, a passenger jet and US Army helicopter collided at a low altitude near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, ...

The Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System is meant to act as the last defence against mid-air collisions but has its ...

This crash comes just over a month after a passenger jet crashed in South Korea – possibly as a result of a bird strike – killing all but two of the 181 people on board. The two incidents have focused ...

D.C., has led to many questions about the role played by the Traffic Collision Avoidance System, or TCAS. While you can read our report of the incident here, it should be restated that, at this early ...

PSA Airlines, the carrier involved in the mid-air accident over Washington, ironically preserves the name of another airline ...

Local aviation experts say the deadly plane collision near Washington, D.C., came down to one thing: a communication error.

A look at the frequency of runway incursions in the United States and the preventative measures taken by the FAA to avoid ...

What 'rush hour' looks like in New York on the TCAS system. (Alamy) ...