Families of the 67 people who died in the midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January sat front and center at a congressional hearing Thursday,

The Senate subcommittee on aviation, space and innovation will question regulators about flight safety in response to the January midair collision.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after a Delta Air Lines plane nearly crashed midair with a T-38 air force jet Friday near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), just months after a January collision at the airport claimed 67 lives.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate a close call that occurred on Friday between a Delta Air Lines flight and a U.S. Air Force jet near Reagan Washington National Airport. The incident follows a mid-air collision on January 29 near the same airport involving a passenger jet a U.

A Delta Air Lines flight narrowly avoided a collision with a U.S. military jet shortly after takeoff from Washington National Airport on Friday.