The family of Casey Crafton, one of the victims killed in the deadly collision of American Airlines flight 532 and a Black Hawk helicopter over Washington D.C., filed a $250 million claim against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Army, the family’s counsel Clifford Law announced in a press release Tuesday.
On Jan. 29, flight 532, en route to Washington, D.C., from Wichita, Kansas, collided midair with the helicopter. The accident took the lives of all 67 people onboard both the airplane and the helicopter.
Subsequently, the family of Crafton, an aviation specialist who was onboard the American Airlines flight — filed a lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The government now has six months to respond to the claim, according to The Hill, before it can turn into a lawsuit.
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