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The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday released two reports — one on preliminary findings and another on safety recommendations — related to the deadly collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet in January.

Investigators issued their preliminary report Tuesday in the probe into the devastating crash between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter.

The National Transportation Safety Board plans to give another update on the crash at 2 p.m. Tuesday. News4 will carry the news conference in the video player below

Watch live coverage as officials provide an update after an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport, killing all 67 people aboard.

Authorities give update on the investigation into the passenger jet and helicopter collision that killed 67 people in January. Image credit: US Coast Guard

Helicopters should be barred from a four-mile stretch over the Potomac River when flights are landing on Reagan National Airport’s Runway 33, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said as the NTSB unveiled “urgent safety recommendations” after the deadly mid-air collision in January.

The National Transportation Safety Board released the preliminary report on the deadly collision involving American Airlines Flight 5342 en route from Wichita to Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport and an Army Black Hawk helicopter.