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The NTSB continues to investigate the Jan. 29 mid-air collision of an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight outside Washington, D.C., that killed 67

The main air traffic controller’s interview with government officials about what happened has been released

The controller repeatedly indicated they were relying on the helicopter crew’s assurance that they had visual sight of the larger plane and could navigate around it

Earlier this year — two days after the worst aviation disaster in decades in America — the main air traffic controller involved was interviewed for nearly three and a half hours by government investigators.

The controller, whose name has not been made public, spoke about their background, their history in the flight industry and, most crucially,

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