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WATCH: Federal investigators show animated video on D.C. plane crash
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13:24Now PlayingFederal investigations started with three days of congressional hearings Wednesday by providing an animated summary of the midair collision in January between an Army helicopter and a regional jet that killed 67 people at Ronald Reagan National Airport.
The 11-minute video was shown before investigators and witnesses, including federal aviation safety officials, military officials, among others, testified before the National Transportation Safety Board.
The video played recordings of instructions provided by the air traffic controller to the aircraft that night and showed camera footage that captured the collision above the Potomac River.
The hearings are expected to provide a clearer picture of the events leading up to the collision and discuss what steps could be taken to avoid similar tragedies in the future. The board will release a final report, pinpointing a cause of the collision, next year.
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