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Aviation attorneys at the Chicago-based law firm Clifford Law Offices have filed pre-case claims against the FAA and Army.

The agency’s chair says it is seeing “conflicting information in the data” regarding the helicopter’s altitude before the collision.

The two met in the Oval Office, discussing air traffic control enhancements and aviation safety, two weeks after January’s deadly midair collision.

Divers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are searching several underwater targets in the Potomac River for remaining aircraft debris.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has confirmed plans to conduct a low-altitude flight over the Potomac River.

The Federal Aviation Administration is further reducing flight arrival rates at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

Following the deadly Jeju Air crash that claimed 179 lives, South Korea is mandating bird detection radars and thermal imaging cameras.

Accidents like these typically fade out of the news cycle after a week or so, but the feelings will remain strong for the industry and the victims’ loved ones.

All 67 victims have now been recovered after Wednesday’s midair aircraft collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and PSA Airlines CRJ-700.

A pair of employees from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority are facing potential felony charges for allegedly leaking video of Wednesday’s crash.