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Collision between helicopter and jetliner kills 67 in nation’s worst air disaster in a generation

ARLINGTON, Va. — A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot and reported that control tower staffing was “not normal” at the time of the country’s worst aviation disaster in a generation.

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