Recovery crews have removed the first major pieces of airplane wreckage from the Potomac River after an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed in midair last week.
While some reports suggest the helicopter pilot may have mistaken another plane for the American Airlines jet, Katz believes it was more likely human error.
But even accounting for serious accidents, “statistically speaking, you’re safer in your flight than you were driving in your car to the airport,” said Brickhouse, who has decades of experience in ...