Rep. Troy Nehls told The Post that Federal Aviation Administration officials had known about the "staffing issues" and that the air traffic controller involved was "not only dealing with the helicopter flying up and down the Potomac [River] but was also directing aircraft."

Rep. Troy Nehls told The Post that Federal Aviation Administration officials had known about the "staffing issues" and that the air traffic controller involved was "not only dealing with the helicopter flying up and down the Potomac [River] but was also directing aircraft."

CCTV footage from two angles showed theBombardier CRJ700 airline slowly approaching the runway, its lights shining brightly against the night sky, before the chopper suddenly hits it.

Divers are expected to return to the Potomac River on Friday as part of the recovery and investigation after a midair collision killed 67 people in the United States deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century. Investigators have already recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the American Airlines plane that collided with...

NTSB investigators are getting their first look at the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder recovered from the American Airlines passenger jet involved in the deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, new video has emerged showing the horrifying moments the aircraft crashed and plunged into the Potomac River. NBCs Tom Llamas reports for TODAY...

Everly Livingston, 14, died alongside her sister Alydia, 11, and their parents in the mid-air collision over the Potomac River in Washington, DC.

""DCA is one of the most demanding airports in the world. It also has whats known as helicopter alley with hundreds of police, military, news and rescue helicopters criss-crossing the Potomac River," according to a retired pilot.