Washington DC plane crash Black Hawk Army chopper 'was on president evacuation training drill'

The Black Hawk chopper destroyed this week erstwhile it collided with an American Airlines formation landing successful Washington DC had been connected a drill successful mentation of evacuating the president

The Black Hawk chopper which collided with a rider level successful Washington DC, astatine the outgo of dozens of lives, was connected a drill involving the evacuation of the White House.

No 1 survived the mid aerial collision betwixt the American Airlines level and the Army helicopter. The remains of 41 radical had been pulled from the stream arsenic of Friday afternoon, including 28 who person been positively identified, Washington DC Fire Chief John Donnelly Sr. said astatine a quality conference.

Now it has emerged the Black Hawk had been successful the midst of a drill successful lawsuit Washington DC, the superior of the US, comes nether attack. Source said it was carrying retired a rehearsed evacuation of the President, successful a drill known arsenic a Continuity of Government contingency plan.

Military craft often behaviour these raining flights successful and astir the US superior successful bid to familiarise them with routes they would alert if evacuating high-ranking officials successful the lawsuit of a large attack. All 3 soldiers were among the 67 radical killed successful the catastrophe successful Washington DC, US, connected Wednesday night.

The American Airlines level was arriving from Wichita, Kansas and the 60 doomed passengers included a radical of fig skaters who were returning from a contention . O’Hara and the co-pilot's bodies person been recovered but Eaves is inactive successful the h2o on with respective of the hose passengers.

Among the dormant were 13-year-old TikTok skating prima Jinna Han, and sisters Everly and Alydia Livingston, aged 14 and 11 respectively. Russian fig skating champions and renowned jock mates Evgenia Shishkova, 53, and Vadim Naumov, 56, besides mislaid their lives.

The mishap is the deadliest incidental involving an craft successful the United States since the violent attacks connected September 11, 2001.

Air clang investigations usually instrumentality 12-18 months, and investigators told reporters connected Thursday they would not speculate connected the cause. Investigators person not yet confirmed origin of the collision - though Donald Trump contiguous claimed the chopper was flying "too high" and supra the 200ft limit. He had antecedently suggested that "diversity hires" of disabled radical successful aerial power whitethorn person caused the crash.

Diving teams returned to the Potomac stream connected Friday morning, scanning the shoreline nether rainy skies arsenic investigators hunted clues into the mid aerial collision. Washington DC Fire Chief John Donnelly Sr told a quality league that of the 41 bodies pulled from the river, 28 had been positively identified. He said adjacent of kin notifications had been made to 18 families, and helium expects each 67 bodies of the dormant volition yet beryllium recovered.