Victim's family files $250M in legal claims against FAA, Army over DC aircraft crash
Source: AP
By DAVE COLLINS
Updated 1:24 PM CST, February 19, 2025
The wife of a Connecticut man who died in last month’s collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport has filed what are believed to be the first legal claims over the crash that killed 67 people.
The claims by Rachel Crafton were filed Tuesday against the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Army, with each seeking $250 million for alleged wrongdoing that led to the collision and death of Casey Crafton, 40, of Salem, Connecticut, according to her Chicago-based lawyer, Robert Clifford.
The filings were made under the Federal Tort Claims Act and are a required precursor to a lawsuit. If the FAA and Army either reject or do not act on the claims within six months, a civil wrongful death lawsuit can be filed in federal court.
“The families are filing this to achieve their goal of taking the first step towards what the whole world knows will be eventual litigation against the FAA for its air traffic control and the U.S. Army relative to the operations of the helicopter,” Clifford said in an interview Wednesday.
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