Police boats combed the banks of the Potomac River on Friday, slowly scanning the shoreline in the rain as investigators ...

The most crucial piece of evidence was recovered from the passenger jet: the black box. The hope is it will help make flying safer in the future.

Police boats combed the banks of the Potomac River on Friday, slowly scanning the shoreline as investigators sought clues into the midair collision that killed 67 people. (AP video: Mike Pesoli, Natha ...

Forty-one bodies had been pulled from the Potomac River as of Friday afternoon, including 28 that had been positively identified.

Black boxes house critical flight data regarding aircraft and are designed to be resilient, with their retrieval typically a high priority after incidents.

NTSB officials say recorders from both aircraft have been recovered in good condition as the investigation into the crash ...

Investigators confirmed they have recovered a cockpit voice recorder and a flight-data recorder from American Eagle Flight ...

Some have suggested that it stems from Hussenot's device because it used film and “ran continuously in a light-tight box, hence the name ‘black box,'” according to Airbus, which noted that orange was ...

Police say two people were on board the plane. The status of those individuals is unknown. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media Inc.