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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

NTSB hearings will focus on fatal Army helicopter-passenger jet crash. Here's what to know

Aircraft Down-Things to Know - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold three days of hearings starting Wednesday on January's midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter over the nation's capital that killed 67 people.

The goal: Pinpoint exactly what went wrong and what can be done to avoid similar midair crashes between passenger planes and military aircraft. The accident was the nation’s deadliest plane crash since November 2001.

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