With another fatal plane crash in the headlines, many travelers may be worried about stepping onboard their next flight. Experts say that aviation is safe – though not without its problems.

An American Airlines jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday with a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, with no survivors expected.

Fourteen members of the U.S. figure skating community and their families were on the flight that collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac. Here's what we know about rising skating stars Spencer Lane,

Major emergency as plane carrying 60 people crashes into Army helicopter - Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate crash between American Airlines jet

Officials retrieved at least 28 bodies from the Potomac River after the aircraft crashed into the ice-cold waters as the army helicopter collided with the jet late Wednesday. The massive aviation disaster is considered the deadliest in the history of the United States since the November 2001 plane crash that killed all 260 people onboard.

I heard a loud explosion, the oxygen masks fell down and the plane shook,” Rinat Assanov told AFP, recalling the moment the Azerbaijan Airlines plane he was on ran into trouble over southern Russia. The plane,

WASHINGTON — Crews are working to find any survivors after an American Airlines flight collided ... The flight then crashed into the Potomac River. According to the FAA, Flight 5342 from ...

The last deadly major crash involving a commercial airliner in the U.S. was in 2009, when 49 people — 45 passengers, 2 pilots and 2 flight attendants — aboard a Colgan Air flight crashed in New York state. One person also died on the ground.

A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.

In the wake of Wednesday’s devastating Washington D.C. plane crash, we take a look at how safe flying is compared to driving