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Hisashi Ouchi, 35, from Japan, was exposed to a record-breaking amount of radiation after working at a uranium processing ...

An American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29. Both aircraft plunged into the ...

A small aircraft has crashed on an avenue in Sao Paulo, killing at least two of its passengers. That's according to the local firefighter corps.

Forty-three years ago, the D.C. region was rocked by an air disaster that claimed 78 lives. On a snowy January afternoon, Air ...

A small plane carrying two people crashed in the vicinity of a shopping mall in Philadelphia, resulting in multiple ...

For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash investigation on ...

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A number of questions remain after an American Airlines passenger plane carrying 64 passengers ... Potomac River (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) There has been no official statement about ...

Everyone aboard an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members that collided with an Army helicopter ...

Images from the harrowing scene show large, broken-off sections of the plane floating in the Potomac as hundreds of first responders attempt to clear the tragic scene. One photo posted to social ...

AFP via Getty Images The chopper had three military personnel aboard at the time of the crash but was not carrying any VIPs, a defense official told CNN. The passenger plane was carrying 60 ...