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Given the nature of our safety work, limited budget, and the ongoing investigation of the highest fatality, mass casualty aviation accident since 9/11, ... we need each and every position represented at our agency in order for us to successfully carry out our mission critical work.”
said the email message viewed by CNN, It’s not like we have an easy time finding people,
Today’s decision will immediately help secure the airspace near Reagan Airport, ensuring the safety of airplane and helicopter traffic,
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,
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.
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 Blackhawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot. It was far above the 200 foot limit
Trump said in a Truth Social post The NTSB is an independent, bipartisan board - 58 years as the gold standard. Our job is to find the facts, but more importantly, our job is to make sure this tragedy doesn't happen again, regardless of what anyone may be saying,
This is such a terrible tragedy and so counter intuitive to the environment that we typically provide. This is an area of recreation,
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 They had to circle back around because there was a helicopter in the flight path,
passenger Richard Hart told the newspaper of his experience on the flight 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,
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,
His untimely passing is a profound loss to the PNP, where he served with honor, integrity, and dedication throughout his career,
I just can’t honestly imagine going through the rest of my life without her,
Roger and his wife died flying home with their son from the US Ice Skating Championships in Kansas,
Roger’s cousin, Matthew Alan LaRaviere, said in a statement posted on social media
