Here is a look at some of the recent aircraft tragedies and mishaps: A piece of wreckage is lifted from the water onto a salvage vessel near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision ...

(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Show more Show less Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black ...

In the immediate aftermath of the deadly Jan. 29 mid-air collision over the Potomac River, a viral rumor allegedly started by X user Matt Wallace on social media included a photo of the alleged ...

FILE - A piece of wreckage is lifted from the water onto a salvage vessel near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between ... Va. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) ...

And despite a string of high-profile accidents this year — including a mid-air collision over Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people — safety data indicates that this year is on track to have ...

A few minutes before the twin-engine jet was to land, air traffic controllers asked if it could use a shorter runway. The pilots agreed, and flight-tracking sites show the plane turned to adjust ...

But the cascade of headlines about things going wrong is drawing increasing attention amid declining confidence in air travel and cuts ... an Arizona airport in mid-February.

Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an ... in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)(AP/Jose Luis Magana) A ...

Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid ... air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington ...