WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 19: Audrey Patel (L) of Arlington, Virginia, who lost her husband Vikesh after he was killed in a January 2025 midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter, shakes hands with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford (R) following a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation hearing on Capitol Hill on May 19, 2026, in Washington, DC. Bedford discussed safety measures the FAA is implementing following last year's fatal midair collision between an American Airlines aircraft and a Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)