The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation's capital,

The government said the Army helicopter pilots failed to "maintain vigilance" to see and avoid the American Airlines jet before the crash.

The government says air traffic controllers and helicopter pilots played a role in the plane crash that killed 67 people, including 14 figure skaters

A private Cessna jet crashed and caught fire at a North Carolina airport, killing multiple people, authorities said.

An aged helicopter fleet and inexperienced pilots from nearby Fort Belvoir had raised “widespread concern” among local pilots before a midair collision killed 67 people.

The Senate has moved quickly to close a loophole that could allow military aircraft to fly without broadcasting their locations, just like an Army helicopter was doing last January before it collided with an airliner over Washington,