By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Shepardson and Jeff MasonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scores of people were feared dead after an American Airlines regional passenger jet carrying 64 people collided with a U.S.

Deeds said the commercial jet, CRJ, which is made in Canada, involved in the deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., is very common and safe.“The initial reports are that the air traffic ...

The Canadian-made Bombardier CRJ-700 twin-engine jet, manufactured in 2004, can be configured to carry up to 70 passengers. A few minutes before the crash, air traffic controllers directed the jet ...

An airplane collided with a helicopter while trying to land at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday ...

Data confirmed that the air traffic ... of the CRJ-700 about 2 minutes before the collision. Meanwhile, relatives of some of the victims visited the edge of the river near the crash site on ...

A view of emergency response to Wednesday night’s fatal crash of a passenger jet landing at Reagan National Airport and an Army helicopter. The body of the plane was found upside-down in three ...