The crash is the deadliest transportation accident since 50 people lost their lives during the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in Buffalo, the NTSB reports.

Colgan Air Flight 3407 was a Continental Connection plane that flew from Buffalo, New York, to Newark, New Jersey. Due to weather complications, the plane was delayed and was only able to land at ...

Last month's mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., was the first fatal American commercial air disaster since shortly after 10 p.m. on February 12, 2009, when Colgan Air Flight 3407 fell out of ...