Army lacks accountability in DC air disaster, families say
Family members have praised lawmakers, the National Transportation Safety Board and Department of Transportation in their assessment of 'urgency and effectiveness of the response' of officials involved in probing the disaster, which killed 67 people in January when American Eagle 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River on final approach to Reagan National Airport.
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