The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found no evidence of foul play and blamed the crash on errors by the pilot, who failed to retract the plane’s spoilers, or air brakes, at the critical stage of the descent, causing the plane to stall and crash 1.5 miles short of the runway.

Southwest Airlines confirmed the pilot had been removed from duty and apologized to customers whose travel plans were disrupted.

The airport will be closed until possibly 10 a.m. central time, impacting several flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

A Chicago man is facing felony charges after allegedly robbing and carjacking a 21-year-old at gunpoint on the city's Southwest Side.

Southwest's CEO Bob Jordan said "our hearts go out" to people on the American Airlines flight involved in Wednesday night’s midair collision with a helicopter in the nation’s capital.

Southwest Edgecombe was known for their football team last year making a third round playoff appearance, but this year the attention is on Cougar basketball. Af

Following the deadly midair collision in Washington, D.C., Chicago officials are raising concerns about safety at local airports.

The carrier filed plans with Denver that offer more clues for the future use of 113 acres it bought near the Peña Station Next development.

A massive search operation is underway after a passenger aircraft carrying 64 people collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, according to aviation and defense officials.

Wednesday's crash involving an American Airlines flight and Black Hawk helicopter marked the first commercial crash on U.S. soil in more than 15 years.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

Travelers will soon have the option to fly first class between Kalamazoo and Chicago on American Airlines large, dual-class Embraer 170 aircrafts. Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) announced Wednesday that the airline will operate the dual-class aircraft on all daily flights between AZO and Chicago O’Hare,