The airspace around Washington, D.C., is congested and complex — a combination aviation experts have long worried could lead to catastrophe.

MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Rachel Quigley described her drive to Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Thursday as surreal. “As I drove to the airport today, I passed the pop-up tents and saw the Coast Guard,” she said. “It weighed heavily on my heart.”

An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday evening, U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.

A retired pilot gives a first-hand view of what it’s like to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.Chuck Smith says he has made that approach and landing hundreds of times in his career. He shared a video with 12 On Your Side showing what it looks like to fly near Washington,

A large search-and-rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport after a passenger jet and military helicopter collided midair Wednesday night. Officials, during a news conference early Thursday morning,

An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

Sixty-seven passengers and crew died in Wednesday night's crash between a regional American Airlines jet and a Blackhawk helicopter from Fort Belvoir near Reagan National Airport.

It collided with a military helicopter on a training flight while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, near Washington DC. The airport's runways have since been closed while a search for survivors takes place.

There were no survivors after a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D

Democratic California Rep. Norma Torres is doubling down on holding President Donald Trump responsible for contributing to the fatal aircraft

At about 9pm local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, an inbound American Airlines aircraft (flight 5342), manufactured by the Canadian firm Bombardier, collided with a Sikorsky Black Hawk army helicopter as it approached the Ronald Reagan airport, located along the Potomac River southwest of Washington, DC.