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U.S. government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

U.S. government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

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Published - December 18, 2025 06:56 am IST - Washington

A crane retrieves a wing from the wreckage in the Potomac River, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the river, by the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
| Photo Credit: Reuters

The government admitted on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) that the Federal Aviation Administration and the Army played a role in causing the collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk helicopter near the nation's capital, killing 67 people.