Family members of those killed on American Airlines Flight 5342 announced the first federal lawsuit filed Wednesday over the January midair collision between a regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington Reagan National Airport.

NOTE: The video is from a previous report.

The lawsuit was filed against American Airlines, PSA Airlines -- a regional carrier operating the flight for American Airlines -- and the Army and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Rachel Crafton, whose husband Casey was killed in the collision, said in a statement: "Because of systematic failures and reckless disregard for safety, his life, along with 66 others, was taken. Casey was betrayed by this system he trusted -- we all were. As his wife, I cannot stand by and allow his life to be l

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