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Washington DC Plane Crash: Authorities Recover 41 Bodies After Mid-air Collision
Authorities have recovered 41 bodies after a plane crash in Washington DC.
Sixty-seven individuals were eliminated when an American Airlines jet and a military helicopter collided mid-air on Wednesday night. Up until now, 28 bodies have been identified.
Both airplane crashed into the Potomac River after the accident. Some 300 personnel were sent to the scene, however the rescue quickly turned into a recovery mission as authorities said there were no survivors.
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Federal private investigators have recuperated the black boxes from the guest jet, while authorities were still searching for similar devices in the helicopter.
Meanwhile, amidst concerns over how well the airport’s control tower was staffed on the night of the crash, it’s been confirmed that an air traffic control service supervisor had actually let a controller leave their shift early.
The information, employment first reported by the New york city Times, has actually been confirmed to Sky News’ US partner NBC News by a source familiar with the investigation.
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It suggests a single controller was handling both aircraft and helicopter traffic in the area when the two aircraft collided.
It is allowable – however not ideal – for one controller to do both jobs, NBC News reported.
The American Airlines jet was carrying 60 passengers and 4 team when it crashed with the Black Hawk helicopter, carrying 3 soldiers, shortly before 9pm local time on Wednesday.
Flight 5342 was preparing to arrive on runway 33 at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when it collided with the helicopter in among the most tightly managed in the world.
‘Em ergency lorries sped past me’
A guy whose better half was on the flight has actually remembered how he saw emergency services “speeding past” as he was waiting at the airport to pick her up.
Hamaad Raza informed NBC News his wife of two years, Asra, had “texted me [and] stated, ‘We’re landing in 20 minutes'”.
” I was waiting and I began seeing a lot of EMS cars speeding past me … way too numerous, [more] than regular and my texts weren’t going through.”
Trump makes unproven variety drive claim
Donald Trump has actually connected a diversity drive at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under previous federal governments to the crash.
It has actually considering that been stated there is no proof to support the US president’s claim.
Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Mr Trump recommended the variety efforts had actually made air travel less safe.
At a White House press briefing on Friday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated Mr Trump had signed a memorandum directing an instant assessment of FAA hiring choices made during the previous administration.
While Mr Trump’s claim appears to have actually been unmasked, there are concerns over staffing at Reagan Washington National Airport.
NBC News reported staffing in the air traffic control tower was “not regular”, according to an initial FAA report.
The tower generally has a controller who focuses particularly on helicopter traffic – but at the time of the crash, a source stated, one controller was overseeing both aircraft and helicopter activity.
The FAA, which manages air traffic control service as well as accreditation of personnel and employment aircraft, is without a permanent administrator. Its former employer Michael Whitaker stepped down on 20 January – the day of Mr Trump’s inauguration.
Follow Trump 100 on your podcast app Mr Trump has selected an acting administrator, Chris Rocheleau, in the wake of the crash.
Mr Whitaker had actually clashed with Mr Trump’s confidante Elon Musk over the SpaceX rocket launches during his period at the FAA.
Since beginning as head of the administration in October 2023, he was likewise required to react to Boeing’s security and quality issues, and worked to hire more air traffic controllers due to a scarcity of staff.
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At his instruction, Mr Trump blamed previous president Joe Biden for lowering requirements for employment air traffic controllers.
” We have to have our most intelligent people,” he said. “They need to be naturally skilled geniuses.”
Mr Trump added: “The FAA is actively hiring employees who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric issues, and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring effort defined on the agency’s site.”
The American Association of People with Disabilities responded to these claims, stating in a declaration on X: “FAA workers with disabilities did not cause [the] awful airplane crash.
” The examination into the crash is still ongoing. It is exceptionally inappropriate for the president to utilize this disaster to press an anti-diversity hiring agenda. Doing so makes all Americans less safe.”
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Mr Trump said after being sworn in last week, he signed an executive order which “restored the highest requirements of air traffic controllers”.
At a later rundown, he was asked if gender or race played a role. He responded to: “It might have, employment I do not know.