The widow of one of the 67 victims who died in a January plane crash between a passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is suing the airlines and the federal government over their “collective failures” to prevent the mid-air collision.

The federal lawsuit , filed Wednesday in Washington, D.C., marks the first action seeking to hold American Airlines, its regional partner PSA Airlines, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Army liable for the tragedy.

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