The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a three-day investigative hearing this week focusing on the midair collision of an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January.
The hearing will take place Wednesday (July 30) through Friday (August 1) in Washington and will be livestreamed on the NTSB’s website.
The NTSB is responsible for investigating civilian transportation accidents. It has already released a preliminary report on the D.C. crash, which recommended restricting helicopter movements in the vicinity of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA).
The American flight, operating as an American Eagle service, was nearing Washington National when it collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River. Both aircraft crashed into the water and all 67 people on board were killed.
The NTSB said the hearing docket, set to open at 9 a.m. EDT Wednesday, contains factual reports, transcripts of the cockpit voice recorders for both aircraft, photographs, and other investigative materials.
The collision over the nation’s capital was the first major crash involving a U.S. commercial passenger flight since Colgan Air Flight 3407 in New York in 2009.
