Continental Airlines Flight 3407 crashed into a house in Clarence Center, killing everyone on board the plane.

Fatal crashes of commercial aircraft in the U.S. have become a rarity. The last was in 2009 near Buffalo, New York.

The crash between a jet carrying over 60 people and an Army helicopter at DC’s Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night marks the first commercial crash since 2009.

Everyone aboard a plane that collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., are feared dead, which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly 24 years.

The last major collision of a commercial U.S. airline dates back to 2009, when a Colgan Air incident left 50 dead near Buffalo, New York. Federal regulators tightened safety requirements following the crash, including bolstering aircraft carrier inspection requirements and pilot training hours.

Air Traffic Control (ATC) audio from Wednesday’s collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet reveals the moments before and after controllers witnessed the disaster unfold.

While landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC on Wednesday shortly before 9 p.m., American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the icy Potomac River.

The American Airlines plane crash in Washington, DC, is possibly the deadliest commercial crash in the US since the 2009 tragedy in Buffalo, NY. after authorities revealed early Thursday there

American Airlines jet with 60 passengers aboard has collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.

It's been more than two decades since American Airlines, the nation's largest carrier, was involved in a deadly crash.

The grim event recalls the last time a major airline crash occurred, when Flight 3407 departed from New Jersey nearly 16 years ago.

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.