An airspace cluttered with passenger planes and military aircraft. A history of near-crashes. And a growing shortage of air traffic controllers available to manage it all. Some experts, politicians and airport managers have been warning for years of the risks posed by the crowded airspace and volume of flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).

""DCA is one of the most demanding airports in the world. It also has what’s known as ‘helicopter alley’ with hundreds of police, military, news and rescue helicopters criss-crossing the Potomac River,

The staffing at the air control tower at Reagan National Airport was "not normal" when an American Airlines plane and Army helicopter collided on Wednesday night, a report shows.

Daniel Driscoll, President Trump’s pick for Army secretary, said during his Thursday confirmation hearing that the service may not want to risk training around an airport as busy as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

The Associated Press is providing live video of the scene of the plane crash near Washington’s Reagan Airport:

Airport preferred by Washington lawmakers and lobbyists lies in some of the most congested airspace in the country.

South Holland police ultimately had to clear out trustees, neighbors, and the news media after allies and critics of Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard let their fists speak for them.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) services both military helicopters and passenger planes every day.

David Freeman caught a flight to International Airport on Thursday from Reagan National Airport after a American Airlines jet collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River on Wednesday night.

Raza was a Washington, DC-based consultant who travelled to Wichita twice a month to work on a turnaround project for a hospital there, her father-in-law said

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