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Today’s decision will immediately help secure the airspace near Reagan Airport, ensuring the safety of airplane and helicopter traffic,
Flight 5342 was initially scheduled to land on Runway 1 at Reagan but was redirected to Runway 33, ... Meanwhile, the helicopter was traveling along Route 1 before being shifted to Route 4.
We know that air traffic control confirmed with the helicopter crew that they had visual contact with the plane. Controllers then instructed the helicopter to move behind the plane,
The Black Hawk helicopter had a transponder, so it was appearing on radar. It did not have technology called ADS-B, which is technology that pings the location of an aircraft, and it does so using GPS rather than radar,
The treatment ran its course. She was ready to go home, and we were contracted to bring her back home to Mexico,
I understand some people have associated me with the crash in D.C., and that is false,
Jo Ellis, a Black Hawk pilot with the Virginia Army National Guard, said in the Facebook video Chris’ kindness and compassion extended to everyone, whether you were a family member, friend, or one of the many strangers he connected with during his outdoor adventures,
his family said in a statement We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims' families closely in our hearts,
We saw no exterior damage that would indicate it was compromised at this time, so we have a high level of confidence we’ll have a full extraction,
This will help in our post-accident analysis of how the machine actually reacted to the incident,
She's very concerned. She's been texting me the whole time,
I'm flying out, it's pretty tragic,
Abhi, a 25-year-old flier, told The U.S. Sun I was so proud when Sam became a pilot. Now it hurts so bad I can’t even cry myself to sleep,
This is our rink. I’ve been skating here since I was 3. I’m just trying not to cry.”
The emotional teen, who fought back tears, told The U.S. Sun Six days was the longest we had ever been apart, and it was, it was hard,
We are a tight-knit community, and we are all connected to each other,
Our dive teams are working in targeted areas and additional Coast Guard assets will arrive this afternoon. The salvage crews... are assessing the work that's going to be needed to recover the aircraft from the water,
Washington Fire Chief John Donnelly told a news conference at Reagan National Airport, outside the US capital If it doesn't, we will continue the search."
There's a lot of people that have speculation and want to be heard in that regard,
United States airspace is the safest in the world. ... Safety is one of our top priorities, and we continue to ensure that the airport is safe."
Lierecke denied any problems in the Friday press conference, saying
