Wednesday night an American Airline passenger plane collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter in Washington D.C. Wednesday night crashing into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport. American Airlines flight manifest says, there were 60 passengers and four crew members were onboard during the time of the crash. An Army officials says the helicopter was carrying three soldiers. More than a dozen bodies has been recovered.
President Donald Trump had earlier confirmed via the White House that he been briefed on the situation, which saw a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collide with American Eagle Flight 5342, sending both careening into the frigid waters of the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport.
President Donald Trump then took to his social media to respond to the tragic accident.
“The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport,” “The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane.” “This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented,” “NOT GOOD!!!”
On Thursday morning, officials with U.S. Figure Skating organization issued a statement that “several members of our skating community” were among the passengers onboard the plane. It’s being reported now that there are no survivors.
“At this point, we don’t believe there are survivors from this accident, and we have recovered 27 people from this plane and one from the helicopter,”- D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John A. Donnelly
Let’s keep the families of this horrific accident uplifted in our prayers.
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