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A congressional hearing Thursday reinforced the idea that the January midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter that killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft...
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Air traffic controllers “issued corrective instructions to both aircraft,” according to the FAA, which intends to investigate.

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