Family members remember loved ones a year after the fatal air collision in Washington D.C.
(WJAR) — Thursday marks one year since a passenger plane and an Army helicopter collided in mid-air outside Washington, D.C.
67 people were killed.
Family and friends packed the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night.
It was a memorial honoring the 28 figure skating athletes, coaches, and parents who died in the crash.
Officials announced a memorial plaque will be established on the Potomac River where the two aircraft collided in the sky.
Two of the victims on American Airlines flight 5-3-4-2 were Christine and Spencer Lane.
They were with the Skating Club of Boston, and on their way home to Barrington.
Husband and Father Doug Lane took the podium last night, reflecting on the past year.
The crash was the deadliest commercial aviation accident in the United States in more than 20 years
Tuesday the National Transportation Safety Board criticized the FAA for designing dangerous helicopter routes and failing to analyze years of near-collision data in the area.
Investigators proposed 48 safety recommendations, 32 of them directed at the FAA.
