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After a tragic midair collision at Reagan National Airport, air traffic controller staffing and training have come under scrutiny. Here’s what it takes to enter this demanding career.

Hundreds of responders have removed at least 28 bodies from the icy waters of the Potomac River after a deadly plane crash, according to officials as of Thursday morning. 

It is being reported that staffing was “not normal" in the air traffic control tower at Washington Reagan National Airport during the time of the deadly plane crash on Wednesday night. 

U.S. Figure Skating confirmed that several of its members were aboard a flight that crashed near Washington D.C. on Wednesday.

US Figure Skating said members of its organization were on the plane.

President Donald Trump took the podium at Thursday's White House press briefing to address the deadly plane crash near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night. It is the first national tragedy the president has had to address in his second term.

Before Wednesday's crash between a passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, the last fatal crash involving a U.S. commercial airline occurred in 2009 in New York.

President Trump said diversity hiring efforts at the FAA could be a factor in the deadly DC plane crash, though when pressed about why, he acknowledged there’s no evidence.

Several federal and state investigations have been launched after an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and fell into the Potomac River, killing all 64 people aboard the flight and all three people aboard the helicopter.

First responders honor the flag draped remains of an unidentified victim recovered after an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.

The Philadelphia Ice Skating Club and Humane Society says the are mourning the loss of "beloved" members who were onboard a flight was tragically involved in a deadly collision Wednesday night.

Everyone aboard a deadly American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter is believed to be dead.

A passenger jet collided midair with a military helicopter near Reagan Airport, sending the aircraft into the icy Potomac River and leaving everyone on board feared dead.

U.S. Figure Skating confirmed several members were aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night.

No one survived the horrific collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C.

Air traffic control audio from a plane crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport sheds light on the moments before and after the collision.

A multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after a small American Airlines aircraft collided with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport, authorities confirmed.