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There will need to be an investigation first, but if victims' families can show that the airline, the FAA or any other party's negligence caused the crash, then they could file a lawsuit and seek money damages for compensation for their loss."
Former attorney and professor at the University of Michigan Law School, Barbara McQuade told Newsweek in an email on Thursday Under the Biden administration, the FAA and other government agencies had absolutely insane hiring practices that endangered the public. President @realDonaldTrump and his team are working rapidly to restore competent personnel to all positions involving your safety."
Elon Musk said Thursday on X The Blackhawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot. It was far above the 200-foot limit. That's not really too complicated to understand, is it???
PAT 2-5 do you have the CRJ in sight?"
Audio recording from the air traffic control tower, which was reportedly understaffed at the time, shows a controller asking the helicopter (PAT 2-5) operators We're looking at altitude, and the president was clear about that: someone was at the wrong altitude
Trump's new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Fox News Friday This is just one reason why our Country WAS going to hell!!!
Sharing a slew of screenshots denigrating the FFA’s inclusive hiring processes in an early morning Truth Social tirade on Friday – which included a tweet from Elon Musk and a New York Post article – the president wrote The military is always preparing for worst-case scenarios. It’s what they do.”
We need to know who was on these planes because it looks like that Blackhawk flew directly into it,
You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to find a Black Hawk on a vaguely defined CoG mission striking an airliner sus as hell.
one baffled X/Twitter user said We stand in solidarity with the people of the United States".
Prime Minister Modi offered heartfelt condolences and said Sadly, there are no survivors. This was a dark and excruciating night in our nation's capital and in our nation's history and a tragedy of terrible proportions as we grieve for every precious soul that has been taken from us so suddenly. This is really shaking a lot of people, including people from other nations."
Addressing a press briefing on the aviation disaster, Trump said I will be meeting with some people that were very badly hurt with their family member, obviously, but I'll be meeting with some of the families, yeah,
For some reason, you had a helicopter that was at the same height and going at an angle that was unbelievably bad when the air traffic controller said, 'Do you see − he was talking about − do you see him?'
Trump said from the White House briefing room But I believe that the air traffic controller did the best they could with the then circumstances or the means,
This was a disaster waiting to happen,
said Ross Aimer, a retired United Airlines captain and chief executive officer of Aero Consulting Experts The people in the helicopter should have seen where they were going,
How does an incredibly maneuverable military helicopter fly into a regional aircraft by accident with all of the sensors and warning devices designed to prevent an accident like this one? It sounds more like terrorism than an accident. Perhaps an expert on Blackhawks can weigh in here,
You can't tell me this isn't suspicious. My heart aches for those on that plane. Literally everyone's worst nightmare.”
Uploading a clip of the tragedy, he captioned the post Conspiracy theories don't f---ing help Taylor. I live in DC like 10min from Reagan, they share air space with Joint Base Bolling. So it's common to see Airport planes and mil aircraft flying overhead, the problem came down to horrible communication, either with (ATC) or the Helo.”
The preliminary report, we believe, will be out in 30 days but in case of these major investigations, it will take a year, if not more, for us to come to a final probable cause,
Todd Inman, an NTSB board member, told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday
