The collision between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and a regional American Airlines jet killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft when they struck over the Potomac River just southeast of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It was the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster since 2001.
As the board met days ahead of the one-year anniversary of the crash, investigators made clear the tragedy was not the result of a single bad decision or momentary lapse, but of repeated FAA failures to act on warning signs that accumulated for more than a decade in one of the most congested and complex airspaces in the country.
NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the investigation consistently returned to the same conclusion: the system drifted into danger without meaningful
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