US House panel opens investigation into fatal January jet-helicopter collision

A U.S. House of Representatives oversight subcommittee said on Thursday it is investigating the collision in January between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet that killed 67 people near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The House Oversight subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs said they are probing the crash and the military's use of airspace in the U.S. capital region.<br/>