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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Josh Marcus

Family of Reagan National plane crash victim files first federal lawsuit against American Airlines, FAA and Army: ‘Wholly avoidable tragedy’

A federal lawsuit has been filed by the family of one of the 67 people killed in January in a collision between a regional jet and an Army Blackhawk helicopter near Washington’s Reagan National Airport.

The complaint, filed on Wednesday, comes from the estate of Casey Crafton, 40, who was killed in the crash as he returned from a business trip in Kansas related to his work in the aviation industry.

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