Editor's note: Reporting the midair collision will focus on facts and people's stories
NPR's reporting will continue to focus on what happened and learning what we can about the victims and telling their stories.
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People with intellectual disabilities do lots of jobs — but they don't direct air traffic
After the fatal crash over the Potomac River, President Trump blamed diversity hiring. But that's not how disability hiring works.
Army withholds name of Black Hawk helicopter crew in D.C. crash, 2 others identified
At the request of the family, the Army is not going to release the name of the female member of the Black Hawk crew killed in Wednesday's crash. The withholding of the name is a highly unusual move.
Map: See the aircraft's paths before they collided near Washington, D.C.
Investigators say there are likely no survivors in the deadly aircraft collision that occurred Wednesday evening above the icy waters of the Potomac river.
Listen: Air traffic controller audio before the midair plane crash near D.C.
Air traffic controller audio and radar reviewed by NPR offer some insight into what happened before the collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
What we know about the midair plane and helicopter crash near Washington, D.C.
Authorities believe there are no survivors in the accident, which happened as a regional passenger jet was attempting to land Wednesday night at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
FAA data shows 30 near-misses at Reagan Airport
A commercial flight hit a military helicopter at Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport Wednesday night. The airport has a history of crashes and near-misses going back decades.
2 dead after plane strikes power line, crashes in lake in western North Carolina, authorities say
Two people died Sunday when a small plane struck a power line and crashed into a western North Carolina lake, a city official said.
A black box from the fatal Chinese plane crash has been located, officials say
The equipment was extremely damaged, however, so it's unclear how much information it will provide. There were 132 people aboard the flight, which crashed on Monday.
Key Part Of Voice Recorder Found From January's Crash Of Indonesian Airliner
The memory unit from the cockpit voice recorder belonging to the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea has been recovered, investigators say. All 62 people aboard were killed.