US admits fault in deadly midair collision near National Airport: 'An accident waiting to happen'

The United States admitted fault for a January midair collision that killed 67 people in a Wednesday filing that said it breached its "duty of care" for passengers.

An American Airlines flight and Army helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport earlier this year.

The commercial flight was en route to Washington, D.C., from Wichita, Kan. It collided with an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that was on a training flight out of Fort Belvoir in Virginia.