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 ...

Families mourn the lives of the two commercial airline pilots who perished in Wednesday night's crash in Washington D.C.

A family with Georgia ties is grieving after learning their loved one was one of the pilots killed in the crash between a ...

Samuel Lilley, copilot of American Flight 5342, which crashed midair with an Army helicopter, trained in Daytona Beach, ...

Graduates of Parkview High School and Richmond Hill High School were among the crew members killed in the American Airlines ...

Sam Lilley was a pilot on the American Airlines flight and grew up in Georgia. Sam's father, who is also a pilot, recounts ...

Timothy Lilley (Courtesy of Sam Lilley) Georgia House Majority Caucus Whip James Burchett (R-Waycross) offered condolences to the families of Sam Lilley and Ryan O'Hara, the first officer aboard ...

"The Georgia Southern community is deeply saddened by the loss of one of our outstanding alumni, Sam Lilley (‘18), who embodied the Eagle spirit and soared beyond in his career. We will continue to ...

GEORGIA — One of the pilots killed when an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk in Washington, D.C.

As one nation, we grieve for every precious soul that has been taken from us so suddenly,” Trump said at a press briefing ...