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There was communication between the air traffic control tower and the helicopter pilot about whether they can see the CRJ [the American Eagle Bombardier jet] – did the controller give too much authority to the helicopter crew, or did the helicopter crew mistake what they saw?”
Given that these are everyday training flights over known congested areas,
he said, referring to a nearby antenna The military tend to have a bit of a law-unto-themselves approach,
On 3/29/2024 at 1503 hours I observed two US army UH-60s nearly collide over 1-495 near Annandale,
he wrote in one complaint to the FAA from last March, noting they passed each other above the highway only “about 50-100 meters apart”. There’s so many places they could have been doing training. Why did they have to do it at the end of the runways of DCA?”
Johnson continued, referring to the airport code of Reagan National airport As we have said countless times before, DCA’s runway is already the busiest in the country,
Virginia US senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and Maryland’s senator Chris Van Hollen and then senator Ben Cardin, all Democrats, said in a joint statement months before the law was passed We lost more than 60 people, and two aircraft, and we shut down a major airport, and it was completely avoidable,
I am sure by now all of you have heard the news of the tragedy that has occurred in
Eaves' devastated wife, Carrie, said Mississippi is mourning the loss of Brooksville native Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves, who was killed in last night's accident at Reagan National Airport.
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves confirmed his death on Thursday night, taking to X to write I just had a gut feeling when I saw the story breaking.
He told the Washington Post He was engaged to a beautiful, wonderful girl and we were all excited about her joining the family
Ryan is fondly remembered as a guy who would fix things around the ROTC gym as well as a vital member of the Rifle Team. Ryan leaves behind a wife and 1-year-old son,
the Parkview High School JROTC in Georgia wrote on Facebook It's a tragedy, a horrible loss of life for those 64 souls on that civilian airliner. And of course, the three soldiers in that Black Hawk. They're in our prayers, their families and their communities as people are notified,
Safety is our expectation. Everyone who flies in American skies expects that we fly safely, that when you depart an airport, you get to your destination. That didn’t happen last night,
We do know on our side who was involved. It was a fairly experienced crew, and that was doing a required annual night evaluation,
Hegseth said in a video statement obtained exclusively by Fox News We have recovered 27 people from the plane and one from the helicopter,
We are now at a point where we're switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. At this point, we don't believe there are any survivors from this accident,
said Donnelly in a Thursday morning news conference Whether it was air traffic control, whether it was military aircraft, helicopters or the American flight, everything was standard in the lead up to the crash ... Something happened here,
I don't want to go into too much detail about the information we have from the FAA. but obviously it is not standard to have aircraft collide,
This was a clear night last night; the helicopter was in the standard pattern. If you live in the DC area, you will see helicopters up and down the river,
Duffy said during a news conference
