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A lot of details and speculation will come out in response to this tragedy, but we must remember to let the investigation run its course,
Captain Jason Ambrosi said in a statement The Blackhawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot. It was far above the 200 foot limit. That’s not really too complicated to understand, is it???"
Trump was at it again Friday, posting on his Truth Social platform They actually came out with a directive: 'too white.' And we want the people that are competent,
PAT 25 pass behind the CRJ."
The controller made another call to the chopper just moments later, saying I think it's OK to increase air traffic, but you need to make sure staffing levels are appropriate."
There's been some early reports suggesting that the air traffic control center was staffed with only one individual … over the next coming weeks and days and months, I'm hoping we get to the bottom of that."
The slow process begins of investigating the root cause. So, the timeline is the timeline. I expect a preliminary report in several weeks,
Certainly that’s what it looks like to me. I understand that commonly happens — the military aircraft shares its shared airspace with the civilian aircraft. But is that necessary? Are we just inviting a disaster to happen? And I think that’s a question that I want answered as well.”
Asked if he’s concerned about air congestion in the region, Marshall replied Clearly this was a confluence of errors. … It’s unacceptable, and I appreciate President Trump and his team saying there’s challenges here, there’s problems here, and we’re going to correct them,
With congestion, you run into risks of safety,
But yeah, I’ve been very, very concerned about this very complex airspace — commercial, military — and the way that the security demands of being the nation’s capital puts some significant restrictions on it. And I am really worried about that,
I’ve been praying that there wouldn’t be something like last night, ... but kind of dreading in my heart that there would be.”
You'd expect the pilot of the helicopter to actually see the incoming aircraft, because not only would it be landing, but it had landing lights on,
These are experienced pilots. I know that the captain had … almost six years with PSA (Airlines), and the first officer almost two years."
This was a dark and excruciating night in our nation’s capital and in our nation’s history, and a tragedy of terrible proportions,
The helicopter pilot might have been distracted or they might have been taking part in a training exercise where they deliberately turn off bits of kit and you have to do a workaround."
I put safety first. Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first."
This could have easily been de-conflicted."
Asked if the airspace at Ronald Reagan National Airport is getting too crowded with commercial and military flights, and if the airport should be permanently shut down for safety reasons, Green said
