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There's opportunities to improve the technology that is kind of the backbone of air traffic control,
At the same time, it doesn't negate the issue that I think we're 3,000 controllers short right now. And so that just causes, when you have a weather event, it just causes there to be more delays,
The current erosion in the margin of safety in the NAS caused by the confluence of these challenges is rendering the current level of safety unsustainable,
There was one air traffic controller working two different tower positions at the time of the collision Wednesday night."
On Thursday, CNN's Omar Jimenez said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, citing an air traffic control source Obviously, it is not standard to have aircraft collide. I want to be clear on that,
Sean Duffy, the newly appointed Secretary of Transportation, told reporters We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,
said John Donnelly, the fire chief in the nation’s capital 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 PAT 25, pass behind the CRJ.”
The controller made another radio call to the helicopter moments later On final approach into Reagan National, it collided with a military aircraft on an otherwise normal approach,
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said The position configuration was not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,
Folks are just stunned by this,
I’ve been crying since yesterday,
she said, her voice cracking Both aircraft will have recorders on board that will give us all of that information once we recover it, to give us the real truth on what those aircraft were doing. Up until now, it would just be speculation,
We anticipate that the investigation will quickly be able to determine whether the aircraft was in the quarter and the right altitude at the time of the incident,
At this point, we don't believe there are any survivors from this accident,
Washington's Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said Thursday morning Search and rescue efforts still ongoing, ... Prayers for all impacted souls, and their families,
he said, adding ... he said It would have been the worst disaster in aviation history,
Brickhouse, the aviation safety expert, said I know that flight. I’ve flown it many times myself,
said Moran, a Republican from Kansas I’m saddened, but I’m not surprised,
said Anthony Brickhouse, an aviation safety expert It just could have been.” ... Because I have common sense, OK, and unfortunately, a lot of people don’t.”
Asked at a press conference if he was blaming the air traffic controllers for the crash, or had evidence that they were in that job despite not being qualified, Trump responded ... Asked why he believed diversity hiring efforts played a role in the crash, he responded
