The decision was made two days after the tragic collision of American Airlines passenger plane with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Flights take off over the crash site of an American Airlines plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided and crashed into the Potomac River. (Carol Guzy/Zuma Press) American Airlines will ...

You can easily view your flight status on an iPhone using the Search bar function in four steps. Here's how to do it.

American Airlines passengers can check their flight status online at aa.com or via the airline's mobile app. Flight status can be tracked by flight number or city pair. See real-time flight tracking ...