The DCA air traffic controller who was working at the time of the collision has been interviewed, NTSB member Todd Inman said during the briefing.
"His interviews are ongoing throughout the day," Inman said.
Part of the NTSB's investigation will entail looking at the hiring and training of any air traffic controllers involved in the incident, he said.
"We'll go back and look at their past, probably, 72 hours, even two or three weeks," he said. "We'll look at their training, their hiring, everything. What they probably ate that day."
"But it is not one point that tells us everything. It's layered into a lot of other information that's very critical," he continued.
Investigators will also look at ATC staffing and job functions.
"Obviously, we'll be looking at not only staffing that day, but progressively staffing. How many people, what job functions they were doing? Were they being combined? Were they not?"