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(NewsNation) — The Senate Commerce Committee volition clasp a proceeding Thursday astir the collision betwixt an Army chopper and a rider jet that killed 67 people.
Witnesses volition see National Transportation Safety Board seat Jennifer Homendy, acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau and manager of Army aviation Brig. Gen. Matthew Braman.
The collision adjacent Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport connected Jan. 29 progressive an American Airlines determination pitchy and a Black Hawk helicopter.
A preliminary report by the NTSB suggested determination person been thousands of adjacent calls with helicopters betwixt 2021 and 2024. The probe is inactive ongoing with factors including technology, staffing and imaginable problems with the helicopter's altimeter each having been brought up arsenic imaginable contributors to the crash.
The FAA has moved to permanently restrict chopper postulation adjacent runways successful response.
Family members of immoderate of the clang victims volition besides beryllium contiguous for the proceeding and volition person a backstage briefing from the NTSB afterwards.
