The family of one of the people who died in the fatal collision of an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington is suing the carrier and its subsidiary PSA Airlines, alleging the parties failed to implement policies and procedures that could have prevented the crash.

The first federal lawsuit tied to the crash was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by the family of Casey Crafton, who was among the 64 passengers aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, which collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29 near Reagan National Airport. In all, 67 people died in the crash.

“The Defendants knew, or should have known, that [Flight 5342] was transiting one of the busiest airspaces in the United States, and they knew, or s

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