{"id":61736,"date":"2025-12-18T03:33:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-government-admits-fault-in-deadly-midair-collision-that-killed-67-people-near-d-c-airport\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T03:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:33:20","slug":"u-s-government-admits-fault-in-deadly-midair-collision-that-killed-67-people-near-d-c-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-government-admits-fault-in-deadly-midair-collision-that-killed-67-people-near-d-c-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. government admits fault in deadly midair collision that killed 67 people near D.C. airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The U.S. government in a court filing Wednesday admitted responsibility for a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/plane-crash-dc-helicopter-potomac-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">midair collision<\/a><\/span> between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter that <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/crash-reagan-national-airport-washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed 67 people early this year<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In the 209-page filing by the Justice Department, the administration &#8220;admits that it owed a duty of care to Plaintiffs, which it breached, thereby proximately causing the tragic accident on January 29, 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The filing states that the crew of the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/experts-ask-why-black-hawk-helicopter-may-have-been-flying-above-allowed-altitude\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Army Black Hawk helicopter<\/a><\/span> \u2013 which was conducting a training mission with night-vision goggles on the night of the crash \u2013 failed to establish and maintain proper and safe visual separation with a regional American Eagle flight that was approaching runway 33 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/ronald-reagan-washington-national-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Reagan National Airport<\/a> near Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The Army Black Hawk helicopter pilots &#8220;failed to maintain vigilance so as to see and avoid other aircraft and their failure was a cause-infact and proximate cause of the accident,&#8221; the filing said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/deadliest-plane-crashes-us-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">deadliest plane crash<\/a><\/span> in the U.S. since November 2001.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department also identified an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dca-airport-fight-control-tower-reagan-national-faa-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">air traffic controller in the DCA tower<\/a><\/span> as partially to blame for the accident, arguing the controller &#8220;negligently violated&#8221; an FAA order by &#8220;failing to follow the procedures for visual separation&#8221; between the helicopter and passenger jet.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the accident, there was one controller managing helicopter traffic in the area and departures and arrivals at DCA, according to multiple sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The extraordinary revelation by the U.S. government was in response to a lawsuit filed by the family of Casey Crafton, one of the passengers on the jetliner.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board&#8217;s investigation into the deadly crash is still ongoing. The final results of the investigation and recommendations were expected before the anniversary of the crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tim and Sheri Lilley, the parents of First Officer Sam Lilley who was in the cockpit of American Eagle Flight No. 5342 the night of the crash, maintain their son did everything right leading up to the collision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We stand by the facts presented at the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ntsb-hearing-washington-collision-plane-helicopter\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">NTSB&#8217;s investigative hearing<\/a><\/span>, which confirmed that AA5342 Captain Jonathan Campos and our son, First Officer, Sam Lilley, complied with all required federal procedures and industry-standard operating practices,&#8221; the Lilleys wrote.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation 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