A family and fiancé are in a state of grief after the tragic Washington D.C. collision that took the life of an American Airlines pilot from Savannah.

After an airplane and helicopter collision in Washington D.C. Wednesday night, several flights to and from Georgia have been canceled. Here's more.

A family with Georgia ties is grieving after learning their loved one was one of the pilots killed in the crash between a small American Airlines plane and a military helicopter crash near Reagan National Airport.

Sam Lilley, the first officer of the fatal American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night outside Washington, D.C., was a coastal Georgia native and Georgia Southern University graduate.

A Southeast Georgia native has been identified as one of the crew members aboard the jet that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter near Washington D.C. Wednesday night. Samuel Lilley was the first officer on the American Airlines plane, his father said Thursday.

At least two crew members of the aircraft that collided have ties to Georgia, News 12 has learned on the day after the tragedy at Reagan National Airport.

One of the pilots killed when an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk in Washington, D.C. has been identified as a Georgia man. Sam Lilley was serving as First Officer on the flight before it crashed into the Potomac River.

The father of the man piloting an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter mid-air in Washington, D.C. has spoken out. Sam Lilley, 28, was one of two people piloting the flight from Wichita, Kansas, his father Timothy Lilley told Fox 5 Atlanta. All 67 people on board both aircraft are feared to be dead, officials say.

A Georgia high school JROTC says a soldier killed in Wednesday night's midair collision near Washington D.C. is one of their own. Authorities say they fear there are no survivors after an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan National Airport.

At least two crew members of the aircraft that collided have ties to Georgia, News 12 has learned on the day after the tragedy at Reagan National Airport.