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We came to know the news of the collision of a passenger plane with a military helicopter in the capital, Washington, and the resulting deaths,
the King and the Crown Prince said in cables of condolences sent separately to Trump Certainly that’s what it looks like to me. I understand that commonly happens — the military aircraft shares its shared airspace with the civilian aircraft. But is that necessary? Are we just inviting a disaster to happen? And I think that’s a question that I want answered as well.”
Asked if he’s concerned about air congestion in the region, Marshall replied The slow process begins of investigating the root cause. So, the timeline is the timeline. I expect a preliminary report in several weeks,
Clearly this was a confluence of errors. … It’s unacceptable, and I appreciate President Trump and his team saying there’s challenges here, there’s problems here, and we’re going to correct them,
But yeah, I’ve been very, very concerned about this very complex airspace — commercial, military — and the way that the security demands of being the nation’s capital puts some significant restrictions on it. And I am really worried about that,
With congestion, you run into risks of safety,
I’ve been praying that there wouldn’t be something like last night, ... but kind of dreading in my heart that there would be.”
That tells me the helicopter was on the TCAS of the passenger plane, and the pilot tried to avoid it, but it was too late,
Many of us pilots are still perplexed because, usually, when passenger jets are on short final approach to the runway, they have all their lights on, including landing lights. It's really hard not to see them. If you look at the video, it looks like the helicopter flew right into the back of the passenger jet,
The FAA must immediately suspend all helicopter flights in the airspace of Reagan National Airport until the investigation is complete and any NTSB recommendations are implemented. The risks are simply too high."
Robert Clifford, aviation attorney, speaking to Newsweek This is a difficult day for all of us at American Airlines. Our focus now is entirely on the needs of our passengers, crew members, partners, first responders, and, most importantly, their families and loved ones."
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom, in a video statement Our concern is for the passengers and crew on board the aircraft. We are in contact with authorities and assisting with emergency response efforts,
the airline said in a statement We are all searching for answers,
said President Donald Trump in his remarks on Thursday morning We did not know what led to this crash, but we have some very strong opinions and ideas, and I think we’ll probably state those opinions now, because over the years, I’ve watched as things like this happen,
This is DC and Army bases are all over the state of VA , the helicopters have a refueling station right next to DCA,
I wonder if it was something like this that caused the collision tonight,
In all seriousness, why would they be doing this at night without being aware of what’s happening at Reagan?
Kylie Jane Kremer, the executive director for Women for America First also questioned I hate to say this, but a lot of people in the aviation industry have predicted that there was going to be an accident,
Brauchle told Fox News Digital What I've heard from the audio is that they called out to [air traffic control]. The helicopter said that he had the aircraft in sight,
If you have any type of, you know altimeter error or a pilot just slightly off altitude, you very easily are putting airplanes in the same airspace,
