Navy SEAL stunned by Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt's confronting question about DC plane crash

A erstwhile Navy SEAL was evidently rattled erstwhile Fox News big Ainsley Earhardt posed a chilling question astir Wednesday night's clang betwixt an American Airlines rider pitchy and an Army helicopter successful Washington DC plane. 

Jake Zwieg, an aviation expert who served successful the Navy, appeared connected Fox & Friends to sermon and analyse the details surrounding the tragedy that has near 67 dead. 

Although helium is nary alien to devastation, Zwieg was taken aback erstwhile Earhardt asked astir the last moments of the radical onboard the chopper and the plane. 

She said: 'It’s a pugnacious question to ask, but I’m ever I ever deliberation astir this erstwhile we study connected idiosyncratic who has died.

'What were those past moments like? Because you don’t privation anyone to beryllium scared, but you besides privation radical to accidental their prayers earlier and person a small spot of time. 

'But if I were successful that situation, you conscionable privation it to beryllium quick, you know? So bash you deliberation when the level crashes, erstwhile thing similar this happens, there’s nary pain, right? The radical don’t acquisition that.'

After taking a infinitesimal to digest Earhardt's words, Zwieg blurted out: 'Golly! Can you springiness maine a harder question - golly!'

'I conscionable privation to marque definite they didn't autumn done the aerial and onshore connected the water,' Earhardt interjected earlier the seasoned responded.

'I can't truly spell retired and accidental that, it was a beauteous kinetic clang - we've each seen the large detonation and evidently the helicopter's rotor blades went done the bottommost of the aircraft.

'Aircraft turned and crashed into the water. I ideate astatine astir you had astir apt 8 seconds of conscionable implicit terrifying fear.

'I mean evidently we can't spell speech to immoderate of the victims, but, I mean, astir apt the astir horrific happening that you could unrecorded through.' 

Zwieg besides shared his archetypal absorption to the fatal collision, relating it backmost to his ain subject experiences. 

'As a feline that's ridden successful helicopters, I'm gonna archer you close present - I was down astatine Seal Team 8 and we had 5 chopper crashes down there. Helicopter is not your person erstwhile it's falling retired of the sky.' 

The horrifying clang happened implicit the Potomac River as American Airlines flight 5342 was attempting to onshore astatine Reagan National Airport connected Wednesday conscionable earlier 9 pm.

The pitchy from Wichita, Kansas was carrying 64 radical - 60 passengers and 4 unit members - and 3 soldiers were onboard the US Army Black Hawk chopper at the clip of the incident. 

The aircrafts collided successful a huge fireball that was disposable connected dashcams of cars driving connected highways that snake past the airport.

At slightest 40 bodies person since been pulled from the Potomac River pursuing extended betterment missions by exigency teams. 

The bodies of each 4 formation unit members - including 1 who was specified months distant from a promotion and wedding - were recovered from the debris connected Thursday.  

The pilots were Captain Jonathan Campos, 34, and First Officer Samuel Lilley, DailyMail.com exclusively revealed. The formation attendants were Ian Epstein and Danasia Elder.

Two of the soldiers onboard the helicopter person been identified as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves and Staff Sergeant Ryan O'Hara, who was the Black Hawk's unit chief.

Passengers included members of the US fig skating squad who were returning from the US Figure Skating Championships. 

Rescue crews digging done the wreckage recovered 2 achromatic boxes from the waters of the Potomac River connected Thursday night. These are the formation information recorder and the cockpit dependable recorder.

This grounds volition travel into play arsenic authorities analyse what precisely happened successful the moments starring to disaster.

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) wrote successful a statement: 'As we await much accusation from the ongoing investigations, our thoughts are with the passengers, crew, and subject members and their families, arsenic good arsenic the archetypal responders who were connected scene.

'NATCA stands with the highly trained, highly skilled aerial postulation controller workforce and those who execute safety-critical enactment 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, 365 days-a-year and keeps the United States arsenic the golden modular for aviation safety.'