The decision was made two days after the tragic collision of American Airlines passenger plane with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

On a recent flight to Miami, a pilot’s words just moments before takeoff offered assurance to a cabin of travelers rattled by Wednesday's midair collision of American Airlines Flight 5342 and a ...

In the minutes before an American Airlines flight crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, an air traffic controller requested a last-minute runway change. The regional jet ...

Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty In the aftermath of the midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday, Jan. 29, the Federal ...

Figure skater Spencer Lane shares a chilling photo from inside American Airlines flight 5342 which crashed into an Army helicopter January 29th in Washington, D.C.

Spencer Lane shared one final photo on social media from the airplane from Wichita ... among the 67 victims of the Jan. 29 plane crash—posted a picture from inside American Eagle Flight 5342 that ...

American Pickers star Mike Wolfe shared a rare photo of his daughter, Charlie, this week in honor of a special occasion—her 13th birthday. The reality TV personality marked his daughter's ...

Several U.S. figure skaters and coaches, including two world champions, were aboard American Airlines Flight 5342 ... captured a photo of the plane's right wing just moments before takeoff.

A United States athlete who was on board the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. shared a photo of the doomed plane moments before the accident.

An American Airlines flight traveling from Wichita, Kan. collided with a military helicopter at DC’s Reagan National Airport around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Some 300 first responders worked ...