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I am sure by now all of you have heard the news of the tragedy that has occurred in DC
Eaves' devastated wife, Carrie, said What I've heard from the audio is that they called out to [air traffic control]. The helicopter said that he had the aircraft in sight,
The position configuration was not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,
Having flown at night, having tried to look and see traffic, I think most people would say, ‘Oh, how hard is it to miss an airliner,’ right? You should be able to see that. But it's a lot more difficult than people would expect,
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 You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to find a Black Hawk on a vaguely defined CoG mission striking an airliner sus as hell.
one baffled X/Twitter user said We're here to assure the American people that we are going to leave no stone unturned in this investigation,
As part of any investigation, we look at the human, the machine and the environment,
The Philippine National Police mourns the tragic loss of Police Colonel Pergentino N. Malabed, Chief of the Supply Management Division, who was among those on board the American Airlines flight that collided mid-air with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport,
an official statement said He's in charge. This happened on his watch,
Overnight, boats will remain on scene for security and surface searches from local, state, and federal regional partners,
You need to give us time,
NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy told a press briefing As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying,
They actually came out with a directive: 'too white.' And we want the people that are competent.
He's run it right into the ground with his diversity,
I will be meeting with some people that were very badly hurt with their family member, obviously, but I'll be meeting with some of the families, yeah,
Sadly, there are no survivors. This was a dark and excruciating night in our nation's capital and in our nation's history and a tragedy of terrible proportions as we grieve for every precious soul that has been taken from us so suddenly. This is really shaking a lot of people, including people from other nations."
Addressing a press briefing on the aviation disaster, Trump said We stand in solidarity with the people of the United States".
Prime Minister Modi offered heartfelt condolences and said This was a disaster waiting to happen,
said Ross Aimer, a retired United Airlines captain and chief executive officer of Aero Consulting Experts
