US restricts helicopter flights after Washington crash, 41 bodies recovered

Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times

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American Eagle Flight 5342 was seconds away from landing at Reagan National when it collided with an Army helicopter on Wednesday night.
CNBC
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As the nation reeled from the deadliest American aviation disaster in more than two decades, President Donald Trump on Thursday baselessly blamed diversity initiatives for undermining air safety and questioned the actions of a U.S. Army helicopter pilot involved in the midair collision with a commercial airliner.
The Korea Times
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Even as emergency responders were working to recover the remains of passengers and crew members who died in the January 29 midair collision near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, social media users, especially critics of President Donald Trump, pointed to some of Trump’s policies as contributors to the crash.
Aljazeera
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On Thursday, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate armed services committee, Daniel Driscoll, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the army, questioned why military helicopters need to conduct training exercises near such a busy commercial airport.
Guardian

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