Some public safety personnel are furious a D.C. Fire and EMS fire boat capable of breaking ice was out of service when a plane and helicopter crashed in midair late Wednesday and plunged into the ...

A multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after a small American Airlines aircraft collided with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport, authorities ...

Wednesday’s fatal collision and two other incidents dramatically illustrate the challenges pilots and air traffic controllers face in the complex, security-sensitive skies above the nation’s capital.