American Airlines plane, US Army chopper collide and crash near Washington DC: What we know so far

What happened and what is the concern now? Here’s what we cognize truthful far.

1. 01

   What happened?

   The incidental took spot astir 9 p.m. EST connected Wednesday (7.30 americium IST connected Thursday) erstwhile the American Airlines pitchy collided with a subject chopper portion connected attack to the airdrome runway.

   The determination pitchy had departed from Wichita, Kansas and was carrying 60 passengers and 4 unit members connected board.

   The US Army has said that its H-60 Black Hawk chopper was operating retired of Virginia's Fort Belvoir, which houses respective bid headquarters. The chopper was connected a grooming flight, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, and had 3 unit members connected board.

2. 02

   Are determination casualties?

   Citing a constabulary official, CBS News reported that 18 bodies person been recovered truthful far.

   There is small anticipation for immoderate survivors, CNN quoted instrumentality enforcement officers arsenic saying. Freezing temperatures successful Washington mean that immoderate survivors trapped successful the h2o are astatine hazard of hypothermia.

   The Army is yet to corroborate the destiny of the 3 unit members connected committee the Black Hawk helicopter.

3. 03

   What is the latest connected hunt and rescue efforts?

   A monolithic exigency effect has been launched astatine the Potomac River. Meanwhile, the Ronald Reagan National Airport has halted each takeoffs and landings with workers engaged successful the rescue efforts.

   According to Reuters, aggregate agencies and the constabulary are progressive successful the hunt and rescue operations. Emergency workers from crossed Virginia and Maryland person joined the effort.

   Inflatable rescue boats were launched into the stream and archetypal responders person acceptable up airy towers from the enactment to illuminate the area, quality bureau AP reported.

4. 04

   'Bad situation... could person been prevented': Donald Trump

   US President Donald Trump has said that the collision "could person been prevented".

   In a station connected societal media level Truth Social, Trump said, "The airplane was connected a cleanable and regular enactment of attack to the airport. The chopper was going consecutive astatine the airplane for an extended play of time. It is simply a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights connected the level were blazing, wherefore didn’t the chopper spell up oregon down, oregon turn."

   "Why didn’t the power operation archer the chopper what to bash alternatively of asking if they saw the plane. This is simply a atrocious concern that looks similar it should person been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!" helium added.

   Earlier, the White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said that Trump had been briefed connected the clang and that helium was monitoring the situation.

5. 05

   Crash spotlights aviation information concerns successful the US

   The clang has renewed statement implicit aviation information successful the US. A 2023 New York Times probe had shed airy connected a drawstring of adjacent calls involving airlines.

   The work reviewed interior records of the FAA and NASA and recovered that these incidents were often a effect of quality errors. It besides flagged that aerial postulation controllers successful the state were stretched bladed owed to unit shortages.

6. 06

   What to cognize of the American Airlines pitchy and Army chopper

   The level was a Bombardier CRJ700 pitchy being operated by PSA Airlines, a determination limb of the American Airlines Group.

   According to the Wall Street Journal, the pitchy is fashionable for determination flights. It's a tiny single-aisle level that tin spot up to 78 passengers. American Airlines has said that the level progressive successful the clang had a seating capableness of 65 people. 

   Meanwhile, the H-60 Black Hawk chopper was built by Sikorsky, an American craft shaper nether Lockheed Martin, a defence and aerospace manufacturer.  According to the firm, the Black Hawk chopper tin transportation up to 12 troops and their instrumentality up to 9,000 pounds. 

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