Families of those who died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 on Nov. 12, 2001, gathered in November for an annual memorial ceremony. The plane crashed in the Belle Harbor section of Queens.

It has been even longer since a major crash involving American Airlines, the nation’s largest carrier. In November 2001, American Flight 587 crashed after takeoff from JFK Airport in New York ...

An American Airlines commuter jet collided with a military helicopter Wednesday evening during a landing approach in Washington, D.C., causing both aircraft to crash into the frigid Potomac River ...

As shown in the chart above ... The U.S. hasn't seen a large airliner crash with major loss of life since 2001, when American Airlines Flight 587 slammed into the Queens neighborhood of Belle ...

In all, nearly 3,000 people died in the Sept. 11 attacks. Two months after 9/11, on Nov. 12, 2001, American Airlines Flight 587 bound for the Dominican Republic crashed in Belle Harbor ...

Samuel Corum/Getty Before D.C. Plane Crash, Army Helicopter Was Flying ... U.S. air disaster since November 2001 when American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in Belle Harbor, Queens, killing all ...

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The crash killed 67 people in total, making it the deadliest air disaster in the U.S. since November 2001, when American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in New York, killing 260 people. Of the 41 ...

The crash of that turboprop aircraft prompted federal regulations requiring more rest and training for pilots. The deadliest incident in recent memory was American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus ...