The family of one of the 67 people who were killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January is suing the government and the airlines involved. Other families will join the lawsuit later. The lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to hold the Federal Aviation Administration, the Army, American Airlines and its regional partner, PSA Airlines, accountable for the the deadliest U.S. plane crash since 2001. The National Transportation Safety Board has already noted several likely contributing factors in the Jan. 29 crash, including that the helicopter was flying too high and the FAA's failure to recognize an alarming pattern of close calls.
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FILE - Crews pull up a part of a plane from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
FILE - Crosses are seen at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the plane crash in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
FILE - Architect Yu Kongjian speaks during an interview at his firm's office in Beijing, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)
FILE - Architect Yu Kongjian speaks during an interview at his firm's office in Beijing, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)
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