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We’re cooperating fully with the National Transportation Safety Board and its investigation and will continue to provide all the information we can,
Yeah, we were on short final and we saw flares from the opposite side of the Potomac.
The pilot who witnessed the devastating collision said Apparently both aircraft involved are in the river, a search and rescue will be ongoing.
An approach controller later said They normally get calls for aircraft in distress. This time it rang, and all they heard was crash, crash, crash,
said David Hoagland, head of the Fire and EMS union You are at the border of three or four aviation systems here - and it's at those borders where most accidents tend to happen,
The helicopter pilot indicated he had the airplane in sight and was going to visually separate from it – and then the accident happened shortly thereafter - so there's going to be a lot of questions about exactly what did the helicopter pilot see?"
What's really unique about Reagan is right there on the river. There's also a helicopter route that crosses right through that final approach and that's at or below 200 feet,
If you look at DC, you see a lot of helicopters going down into this area so there's a very well-defined system in that regard,
You're putting potentially two different aircraft in a really small space with hardly any separation,
And suddenly, this is where the flight ended.”
He ended the segment by saying So we are in a helicopter simulator… where are we?”
This is a bit sick…” ... Ghoul!”
Fuming social media users took to X – formerly Twitter – to complain about the segment, with one writing Utterly shameful and sick. @Ofcom will be getting many complaints over this. Think of the families and victims. Disgusted.”
Pat 2-5 pass behind the CRJ.
Seconds later, the controller spoke again, requesting It may have, I don't know
But at another point, asked if race and gender played a role in the tragic accident, Trump said I just had a gut feeling when I saw the story breaking.
He told the Washington Post Nighttime always makes things different about seeing other aircraft — basically all you can do is see the lights on them
There would have been fewer ground lights visible over the water than over land at night.
We stand in solidarity with the people of the United States".
Prime Minister Modi offered heartfelt condolences and said He's in charge. This happened on his watch,
