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The slow process begins of investigating the root cause. So, the timeline is the timeline. I expect a preliminary report in several weeks,
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,
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 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.”
There’s a point at which we will decide to pull the trigger,
It’s been done before, but rarely.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune isn’t sounding convinced it’s a viable alternative, telling Jordain 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 As a flight surgeon, you're part of the crew and you do the egress drills that the pilots do because you're in the aircraft with them and dunker training, where they drop the helicopter in the water and you have to try to find your way out with a blacked-out mask,
