Update-1: Aviation reporter discusses human toll of midair collision at Reagan National

It will still be several months before the National Transportation Safety Board issues its final report as to the cause of January’s deadly midair collision between a passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Reagan National Airport. Sixty-seven people died in what was the deadliest U.S. plane crash in more than two decades.

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In the latest episode of Update-1, the National Press Club's podcast, CNN aviation and transportation correspondent Pete Muntean, who reports from Reagan National on a regular basis, talks about what it was like covering that accident.

In an interview with Broadcast/Podcast Team member Gemma Puglisi, Muntean, who's a pilot and flight instructor, talks about using airplane models to explain to the viewers the technicalities of what happened. He also discusses the human toll the accident is having on the families of the victims.

Update-1 is produced by Mike Hempen. Besides playing on the Club's website, Update-1 can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, YouTube Music, Audacity and TuneIn by searching for “NPC Update-1.”