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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???”
President Donald Trump continued to front-run the investigation, posting on his TruthSocial We’re looking at altitude. The president was clear about that … someone was at the wrong altitude,
That investigation is ongoing.”
Asked whether the controller handling incoming traffic at the airport that night was hired or not fired based on their race, Leavitt said We expect to recover all of the bodies,
Today's decision will immediately help secure the airspace near Reagan Airport, ensuring the safety of airplane and helicopter traffic, ... The American people deserve full confidence in our aviation system and today's action is a significant step towards restoring that trust."
Duffy said in a post on X This one was transitioning from track one to four as part of their normal procedure,
I am in the process of developing an initial plan to fix the @FAANews. I hope to put it out very shortly,
Duffy said on X on Thursday Both 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 You need to train as you fight, you need to rehearse in ways that would reflect a real world scenario,
The position configuration was not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,
I do think the military was right to pause these flights now,
I think we might need to look at where is an appropriate time to take training risk, and it may not be near an airport like Reagan,
It was a fairly experienced crew and it was doing a required annual night evaluation,
The big question I have is why do you have a military training flight so close to the route that people are supposed to land... Why is that corridor right on top of the flight corridor?,
said Senator Maria Cantwell in an interview People have to understand when they look at this, that it a space that I happen to think is too crowded,
Well, you know, I fly in and out of that airport on a plane very similar in size every week at a Westchester County airport, and so certainly I was horrified to see that incident occur,
There are a lot of questions about the air traffic controller and if there was a manning issue,
He doesn't really have responsibility for the investigation. As the secretary of DOT, he will have the staff of the FAA that will work with the NTSB,
We need to make sure we are training adequately so that we have the best-trained pilots and controllers out there and that we are always being merit-based and always focusing on [whether] these people are ready to do that mission,
I think we finally have a president who's taking it [antisemitism] seriously,
