In one blitz just after 9 a.m., six similar false alerts were reported within 11 minutes of each other, according to the news station.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why multiple commercial flights about to land at Reagan National Airport, near Washington D.C., repeatedly received midair collision alerts when there were no other aircraft nearby.

Figure skater Maxim Naumov expressed his gratitude for the support he's gotten since performing a moving tribute to his parents who died in the American Airlines collision on Jan. 29.

Fatal accidents involving airliners are thankfully rare events, so a trio of high-profile losses within a few weeks - including a collision over Washington, DC - naturally drew attention.