The family of one of the victims of the deadly midair collision over the Potomac River in Washington earlier in 2025 filed a lawsuit on Sept. 24 against the U.S. government, the airline, and its subsidiary.
Rachel Crafton, the surviving spouse of Casey Crafton—who was killed in the crash between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a CRJ700 near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on Jan. 29—filed the lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday.
Describing the crash as a “wholly avoidable tragedy” that claimed 67 lives, the lawsuit’s named defendants are American Airlines, its subsidiary PSA Airlines—which was operating the CRJ700—and the federal government “for the acts and omissions of the Federal Aviation Administration and United States Army.”…