You feel the shock before the facts settle: a married couple died in a small-plane crash and investigators now face fresh questions about what went wrong. Preliminary reports point to issues like oil ...

On the anniversary of the D.C. plane crash that claimed the lives of 67 people, WTOP takes a look back in our series “Disaster on the Potomac, 1 year later” — and the changes that followed in its ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are investigating a deadly plane crash that killed a former NASCAR driver and his family. Here’s what we ...

UPS announced its decision to retire the use of MD-11 planes following the Nov. 4 UPS crash in Louisville during an earnings call on Jan. 27.

In NASCAR’s early days, traveling in private aircraft was rare. Fireball Roberts and Curtis Turner possessed pilot’s licenses in the 1960s as did legendary NASCAR mechanic and innovator Smokey Yunick.