DCA is one of the most demanding airports in the world. It also has what’s known as ‘helicopter alley’ with hundreds of police, military, news and rescue helicopters criss-crossing
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President Trump attacks Pete Buttigieg over crash. What he said about the Biden official
Pete Buttigieg Has Fired Back At 'Despicable' Donald Trump
Pete Buttigieg Responds to Trump Plane Crash Remarks: 'Despicable'
"Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch," Buttigieg wrote on X.
Staffing levels at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport were 'not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,' according to a preliminary report
U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet crashed into a U.S. Army helicopter at a Washington airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hit back after President Trump criticized the Biden administration and diversity initiatives in the aftermath of a deadly midair collision outside Washington,
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DC plane crash live updates: American Airlines jet black boxes recovered, source says
Air traffic control staffing was ‘not normal’ ahead of D.C. plane crash, report says. Follow live updates.
According to a report by the FAA, one air traffic controller was working two positions at the time of the crash.
LIVE DC plane crash updates: Midair collision leaves no survivors
Midair collision of passenger jet and military helicopter outside the nation's capital was the first mass fatality commercial air disaster in the US since 2009
As the American Eagle Flight 5342, a CRJ jet, approached the helicopter, the tower controller asked the helicopter pilot if he had the CRJ in sight. The helicopter pilot cannot be heard responding to the question before the two aircraft collided.
President Trump on Thursday appeared to blame diversity initiatives at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for weakening safety following a deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport.
There were no survivors after a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D
U.S. senators said Thursday they are investigating the deadly midair collision between a commercial jet carrying 64 people and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia,
Trump blamed previous administrations’ efforts to promote diversity at federal agencies for contributing to the crash.
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