U.S. government admits liability in deadly D.C. collision of military helicopter, passenger jet

The disaster marked the deadliest crash of a U.S. commercial flight in decades and prompted tighter air safety protocols at Reagan Airport

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The U.S. government admitted it was liable for a deadly midair collision between a military helicopter and a passenger jet outside Washington earlier this year, killing 67 people, according to a court document filed Wednesday.

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The 209-page filing by the U.S. Department of Justice, obtained by AFP, was part of a civil lawsuit by the family of one of the passengers killed on the jet against the U.S. government and the commercial airlines operating the plane.

“The United States admits that it owed a duty of care to Plaintiffs, which it breached, thereby proximately causing the tragic accident,” the document begins.

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