#Potomac River crash

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Thanks Trump, this will definitely decrease my egg prices (:

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Washington DC Plane Crash: Deadly Midair Collision Over Potomac River

Washington DC Plane Crash, has been rocked by the terrible midair collision between a US Army helicopter and a passenger plane. Rescue crews are fighting for time in frigid temperatures after the tragic incident that occurred across the Potomac River has already taken several lives. Here is what we currently know. What Happened? At approximately 9:00 PM local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, a PSA…

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Walter Einenkel at Daily Kos:

President Donald Trump held a press conference on Thursday to address the late-night crash between a commercial airplane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter.  Unsurprisingly, Trump used the tragedy to play a blame game that included everything from President Barack Obama and Pete Buttigieg, to the helicopter pilot and “dwarfism.”  After telling reporters that there will be an investigation, Trump launched into a—frequently contradictory—litany of reasons that he and his new, unqualified Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy would not take any responsibility.   “The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems,” Trump claimed, before generating an incorrect retelling of the Federal Aviation Administration’s hiring policies.

“Obama-Biden and the Democrats put policy first, and they put politics at a level that nobody's ever seen because this was the lowest level,” he blathered.  Trump also mentioned a mythical “Obama policy” that he claims to have changed at least four times.  “Biden came in, and he changed it,” Trump added as a reason why the FAA is no longer up to his standards.  Trump went on to blame the crash on the 2020 election results, which he refuses to accept to this day. [...] “The FAA's website states they include hearing vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability, and dwarfism,” he said. But the FAA's inclusion of disabled people has actually been an active policy since 2013. Trump didn’t just work under that policy during his first term, but he even launched his own FAA disability outreach initiative in 2019.

Donald Trump’s presser today on the Potomac River mid-flight collision reveals why many people hate him: turning an press conference on the tragedy into his own grievancefest, such as baselessly blaming DEI policies for last night’s plane crash and past Democratic predecessors.

See Also:

AP: Trump consoles crash victims then dives into politics with attack on diversity initiatives

HuffPost: Donald Trump Goes On Rant About DEI In Response To DC Plane Crash

The Guardian: Trump baselessly blames DEI and Democrats for Washington DC plane crash

NCRM: Trump’s Claim Diversity and Democrats ‘Could Have’ Caused Deadly Collision Draws Backlash

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Fatalities confirmed as passenger plane collides with Army Black Hawk, source reports.

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🚨 Midair Disaster Near D.C.! 🚨

An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers collides midair with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport, sending both aircraft crashing into the Potomac River. Multiple fatalities confirmed as search teams scour the icy waters for survivors.

What went wrong? How did this happen in one of the most restricted airspaces in the world? Officials launch a high-level investigation.

👉 Read the full story at NewsLink7.com

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My mom's been texting in the family group chat about this for hours now, but I've just woken up to read it all. I guess it was a plane from our local airport. Military helicopter wasn't giving air control proper updates on their location and killed a bunch of people. This is where US tax dollars are going, to absolute fucking morons driving massively expensive aircraft who can't be bothered to update anyone on where they're going and then send like 50 people crashing into a freezing cold fucking river at midnight. And I guarantee no one's gonna be held accountable for this. Not one single military member in charge of this flight is going to get much more than a demotion. Because this country is fucking ridiculous.

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Fatalities confirmed after passenger plane collides with Army Black Hawk, source say

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American Airlines CEO statement regarding Flight 5342

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Chris Stein, Joseph Gedeon and Oliver Milman at The Guardian:

A collision on Wednesday between an American Airlines jet and a US military helicopter near Washington DC has killed all 67 people onboard both aircraft, in the United States’ worst aviation disaster in years. The incident occurred at about 9pm as the passenger plane was on approach to land at Reagan National airport from Wichita, Kansas. Operated by the regional carrier PSA Airlines as American Eagle flight 5342, the jet was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, and collided with a US army helicopter with three soldiers onboard, sending both into the Potomac River. “This was a dark and excruciating night in our nation’s capital and in our nation’s history, and a tragedy of terrible proportions,” Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday. “As one nation, we grieve for every precious soul that has been taken from us so suddenly.” It was the first fatal commercial airline crash in the US since 2009, according to Sean Duffy, the newly confirmed transportation secretary who was sworn into office the day before the crash. He added that he believed the incident was “preventable”. The defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, said the helicopter involved carried “a fairly experienced crew” based at Fort Belvoir in Virginia that was conducting a “required annual night evaluation”. “They did have night vision goggles,” Hegseth said, adding that an investigative team had already been deployed to the crash site and that it would determine whether the aircraft was in the corridor and at the right altitude at the time of the incident. “It’s a tragedy, a horrible loss of life,” he said. Trump, who was sworn into the presidency last week, alternated between consoling the nation and seeking to use the crash for political gain. At his press conference, he argued that changes made under Joe Biden to requirements for hiring air traffic controllers may have been a factor in the accident.

[...] Several of the victims were in Wichita for a development camp hosted by US figure skating, according to the Skating Club of Boston, which released the names of its six skaters, coaches and family members who were onboard the jet.

Sad sight all around, as no survivors are expected in Wednesday night’s mid-air collision in the Potomac River in DC.

See Also:

HuffPost: No Survivors Expected After Passenger Jet Crashes With Helicopter Near DC Airport: Officials

AP: Everyone aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter is feared dead

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Fatalities confirmed after passenger plane collides with Army Black Hawk, source says....

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அமெரிக்காவில் ராணுவ ஹெலிகாப்டர் - பயணிகள் விமானம் மோதி விபத்து: 18 உடல்கள் மீட்பு | 18 bodies recovered from river american passenger plane helicopter collision

வாஷிங்டன்: அமெரிக்காவில் பயணிகள் விமானம் மற்றும் ராணுவ ஹெலிகாப்டர் மோதிக்கொண்ட விபத்தில் போடோமாக் ஆற்றில் இருந்து 18 உடல்கள் மீட்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. அமெரிக்காவின் வாஷிங்டனுக்கு அருகிலுள்ள ரொனால்ட் ரீகன் தேசிய விமான நிலையத்தில் தரையிறங்கும் போது அமெரிக்கன் விமான நிறுவனத்துக்கு சொந்தமான பயணிகள் விமானமும், பயிற்சியில் ஈடுபட்ட ராணுவ ஹெலிகாப்டரும் நடுவானில் மோதி விபத்தில் சிக்கியது. இதில் பயணிகள் விமானம் பல…

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