Fort Worth, Texas-based legacy carrier American Airlines has long been known ... The carrier also later operated the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, which served as the aircraft's successor, although ...

American Airlines retired the flight number 77 after it crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, per the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial. Eight years later, Air France Flight 447, an international ...

Spencer Lane/Instagram; Everly & Alydia Livingston/Instagram An American Airlines regional passenger ... some as young as 11. They were accompanied by proud and supportive parents and coaches ...

WASHINGTON — As recovery operations continued Thursday, federal investigators were working to determine how an American Airlines flight collided midair with a military helicopter shortly before ...