U.S. admits liability in deadly D.C. mid-air collision
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A JetBlue plane almost collided with an Air Force tanker near Curacao on Friday, raising questions about safety around military flights.
Melissa Nicandri was among 67 people killed in an American Airlines and Army helicopter crash, and now her family is among those who filed a lawsuit.
A JetBlue passenger jet bound for New York took evasive action on Friday to avoid a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force tanker plane near Venezuela, a pilot said in an air traffic control recording.
WASHINGTON — As the House prepares to vote on a bill that will set national defense policy for the next year, the families of those killed in the DCA mid-air collision, and the people in charge of investigating it, are calling out the short section on helicopter safety.
The airline pilot told Curaçao air traffic control that “we almost had a mid-air collision” with an unidentified military aircraft.
A controversial provision in the defense bill has rekindled debate over protocols when civilian and military aircraft share the airspace over Washington, DC.
CNN News Central’s Kate Bolduan speaks to CNN Transportation Analyst Mary Schiavo, former inspector General at the Department of Transportation about the near miss between a JetBlue plane and Air Force aircraft.