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The Federal Aviation Administration said a passenger jet and a Blackhawk helicopter collided midair as the plane was on the approach to Reagan National Airport just outside of Washington D.C. on Wednesday evening.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said late on Thursday he will soon announce a plan to reform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after a devastating collision between an American Airlines regional plane and an Army helicopter killed 67 people.
Officials say there are no survivors among the 67 passengers on the aircrafts that collided above Washington, D.C.
An aspiring air traffic controller who claims he was denied a job because of diversity targets said the aviation agency’s obsession with inclusion made an accident likely to happen.
Ari Schulman told NBC Washington that he saw the plane crash while driving on the George Washington Parkway, which runs along the airport. He said the plane's approach looked normal, until he saw the aircraft bank hard to the right, with "streams of sparks" running underneath, illuminating its belly.
Oklahoma lawmaker shocked by Washington, D.C., tragedy, could lead to FAA improvements
Airport director Marty Piette says every commercial service airport in the U.S. has an FAA-approved airport emergency plan.
""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 the Potomac River,
The embers were still burning at the crash that killed 67 people on Wednesday when the president took to the podium to name the culprit: affirmative action.
An NTSB-led investigation is in full swing to identify factors that led to the Jan. 29 midair collision between an American Eagle Bombardier CRJ-700 operated by PSA Airlines on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter.