WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation – today provided opening remarks during a hearing to examine the preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on the deadly crash involving American Airlines 5342 and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).

“Sixty-seven lives that were lost on January 29th were taken prematurely in an accident that by all indications should have been avoided,” said Sen. Moran. “NTSB’s preliminary report into the midair collision provides insights into the events of January 29th, but many questions still need to be answered, not only by the NTSB’s investigation, but by our nation’s aviation safety regulator and by the Army.”

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