In the aftermath of the Jan. 29 air disaster over the Potomac River, the rescue and recovery efforts were stunningly fast — but not as fast as the speculation and rumormongering that flared even as ...

Between the volume of air traffic and the variety of aircraft, the airspace in the Washington area remains among the most complicated and restricted in the country.

Recovery teams lifted an engine and other parts of the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter, killing 67 people. They were attempting to recover the last of the ...