NTSB Calls on Canadians to Investigate Mid-Air Collision between Aircraft owned by FAA and NTSB Employees

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has taken the unusual step of asking Canada's Transportation Safety Board to lead the investigation into a mid-air collision that occurred in Northern Virginia on May 28, 2012. Canadian authorities were brought in because one plane was owned by a FAA employee, and the other plane was owned by an employer of the NTSB. The FAA employee survived the crash. Two people on the other plane were killed.

The NTSB press release is attached here, and this is a local CBS news report of the accident.