SAVANNAH, Ga. — Sam Lilley, the airline pilot killed in a midair collision with a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington on Jan. 29, will be remembered in a public memorial service at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Georgia Southern University Armstrong campus’ Fine Arts Hall.

Last month, an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided as the plane prepared to land at Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.

The National Transportation Safety Board plans to brief reporters Friday on its investigation into the tragic midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter in January.

On Jan. 29, an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided as the plane prepared to land at Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.

LIVE: Watch the NTSB press conference in the video player above. The collision was the deadliest plane crash in the U.S. since 2001, when a jet slammed into a New York City neighborhood just after takeoff,