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They collided with a military aircraft on an otherwise normal approach, and at this time, we don't know why the military aircraft came into the path of the PSA aircraft,
he saidWe have recovered 27 people from the plane and one from the helicopter,
said the fire chiefThese responders found extremely frigid conditions. They found heavy wind. They found ice on the water, and they operated all night in those conditions,
Donnelly saidDo I think this was preventable? Absolutely."
When asked about President Donald Trump's statement Wednesday night that itWe never received a warning of the traffic from (air traffic control) so we were unaware it was there,
the pilot wrote, suggesting thatFrom a human perspective, this is something that should never happen and it’s tragic,
said the former DCA air traffic controllerGenerally the way it worked was we’d get a contact from these helicopters and they’d say they’re going to be passing through the airspace,
the former controller said about his time in the control towerIt is completely normal for helicopters to be flying in that area,
said Ian Petchenik, a spokesperson for Flightradar24 , a flight-tracking companyIt is a concert or orchestra of activity that requires careful communication and cooperation between pilots and Reagan tower,
Bowman told CNNIt’s unbelievable how much we fly without incident,
said former FAA Administrator Randy BabbittUpon review of the approach path and other information, we estimate we came within 300 ft. or less of what turned out to be a helicopter lifting off of the hospital,
the pilot wroteThis problem with congested airspace and near-misses has been brewing for several years,
former Transportation Department Inspector General Mary Schiavo told CNNTragically, last night, a mistake was made,
Hegseth said, ... adding thatI think that while they would have been told to switch runways, it's not this aggressive maneuver in a regional jet that would prompt them to reposition and be a surprise to the Black Hawk,
he saidI think you have to look at this with eyes wide open, see what happened,
Ogles said on the Fox Business NetworkThe crash] just could have been [caused by DEI policies],
he saidA group within the FAA determined that the workforce was too white, then they had concerted efforts to get the administration to change that and to change it immediately,
Trump saidBecause I have common sense."
When reporters asked how he could determine that diversity had something to do with the crash while the investigation is in the early stages, he repliedWe lost family members today,
Misha Mitrofanov, who teamed with Alisa Efimova to win the U.S. pairs championship, told reporters in Norwood, MassachusettsIt would have been very difficult to see and avoid,
Winslow said