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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Gary Fields,Josh Funk and Ed White

New details about moments leading up to mid-air collision that killed 67 revealed at DC plane crash hearing

The air traffic controller who was managing aircraft around Reagan National Airport felt a “little overwhelmed” before an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter mid-air, killing 67 people last year, an investigator said Tuesday.

New details about the moments leading up the crash were revealed at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing to determine the biggest factors in the crash.

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