A military helicopter was flying above the maximum altitude for its route when it collided with a passenger plane near Washington D.C. last week, authorities said. The National Transportation Safety ...

The Army pilots were juggling dark skies, low altitude, a busy airspace and a cockpit without certain traffic detectors before the helicopter’s midair crash with a regional passenger jet.

In an update on Tuesday, officials say that transcriptions for both aircrafts cockpit voice recordings are ongoing.

An Army Black Hawk helicopter was flying too high when it crashed into an American Airlines jet near Reagan National Airport ...