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Everything is covered in jet fuel,
Naujoks said
This was a disaster waiting to happen,
said Ross Aimer, a retired United Airlines captain and chief executive officer of Aero Consulting ExpertsThe Chinese Embassy extends deepest condolences to all the victims and sympathies to the bereaved families,
an embassy statement saidIt was far above the 200 foot limit. That’s not really too complicated to understand, is it???
Trump added in a Friday morning post on his Truth Social platform
NTSB investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Bombardier CRJ700 airplane involved in yesterday’s midair collision at DCA,
National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson Peter Knudson said
You need to train as you fight, you need to rehearse in ways that would reflect a real world scenario,
Hegseth said during a Friday morning appearance on Fox and FriendsWe mourn the loss of our friends, colleagues, and members of our ALPA and Association of Flight Attendants union family,
he saidA lot of details and speculation will come out in response to this tragedy, but we must remember to let the investigation run its course,
he saidBoth pilots had flown this specific route before, at night. This wasn’t something new to either one of them,
said Jonathan Koziol, chief of staff for Army aviation
The position configuration was not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,
the report saidThree seconds later, and at that point it was banked all the way to the right... I could see the underside of it; it was lit up a very bright yellow, and there was a stream of sparks underneath it,
Schulman said
The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT; the lights on the plane were blazing,
Trump wrote on his Truth Social platformWe unfortunately see that these sad reports are being confirmed. Our other fellow citizens were there,
Kremlin spokesman Dmit-ry Peskov said
We're going to be out there as long as it takes,
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser told reportersInitially I saw the plane and it looked fine, normal. It was right about to head over land,
he told CNN