Summary
An American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair near Reagan National Airport, killing at least 18 people.
Trump initially expressed condolences but later questioned why the air traffic control tower or helicopter pilot didn’t prevent the crash.
The FAA identified the plane as a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700.
A Kennedy Center webcam captured the collision, and investigations are ongoing.
CNN’s Pete Muntean called the incident stunning, noting its proximity to a military base.
Maybe don’t have training flights at night into one of the most congested airports in the country?
As this is a route flown to transport VIPs, eventually you HAVE to train pilots on it, at night, during congestion. These would have been highly experienced pilots who would’ve flown the route previously. They knew what they were doing.
People make mistakes.
That’s why aviation relies on the Swiss cheese model. Unfortunately there was only one needed point of failure here, it seems.
I dont know how often they run there but I wouldnt be surprised if the cheeto said he wanted all kinds of mil practice in the area after he couldnt have a huge mil parade where he waived at them in the last term, but this is just me jumping to conclusions.