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Major events
The cause of this tragic airline is not yet known, but the investigators of the National Transport Safety Board have said that it will be one Preliminary report within 30 days,
Despite the lack of clarity, the new inauguration US President Donald Trump has accused his Democratic Pre -Biden of reducing hiring standards and suggested that the diversity push of federal aviation administration may weaken its abilities.
These comments come that President Trump has pushed back against his predecessor described as “Vok policies”.
Asked if the accident was caused by hiring diversity, he said: “This could only happen.”
The Trump administration has not given any evidence to refund these claims, and there is no evidence that efforts to make the federal workforce more diverse have compromised on air security.
After the accident, Trump signed executive Order On aviation safety, which withdraws the diversity initiative and repeated claims without proof that those initiatives contributed to Wednesday’s deadly collision.
Satellite picture of earlier recovery efforts
A close view below:
In a satellite image, runway 33 and crash recovery operations are shown in progress in the Potomac River, when a Black Hawk Helicopter by American Eagle Flight 5342, an American Airlines passenger Jet, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington, DC, US, 30 Killed on January. , 2025. Photograph: Maxu Technologies/Reuters
It’s in about 10pm Washington DCAnd about 24 hours since a deadly mid-fly collision between an regional passenger jet and an American Black Hawk military helicopter, a tragedy that has been described as one of the worst aviation disasters in the US in decades.
There were 67 people aboard both aircraft, and no one is left.
Washington’s fire and emergency department said that its divers had discovered all accessible areas and would conduct additional discoveries to detect aircraft components on Friday.
Inaugural summary
Welcome to the live coverage of the Guardian on Wednesday night collision between a regional passenger jet and a military helicopter near Hello and Washington DC’s Reagan Airport.
Flight data and cockpit voice recorders have been recovered from American Airlines flight, announced by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and they are now in NTSB laboratories for evaluation.
The NTSB earlier said on Thursday that it was very soon to determine the causes of the disaster and promised to release the initial report within 30 days.
Initial investigation focuses on the report of an early federal aviation administration (FAA), which calls the staffing levels on the DC Air Control Tower “not normal”, as a controller was reportedly handling both helicopters and aircraft. .
But both Associated Press and CNN have reported that sources told them that this level was staffing, in fact, “normal” or “not uncommon”. The FAA has long struggled with a shortage of air traffic controllers and has identified fatigue as a factor that can give rise to mistakes, the Associated Press said.
Here is the summary of other developments:
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Along with 67 people aboard both American Airlines flight and army black hawk helicopter, all were killed, the conflict is being called “The Deadly Aviation Disaster” in America since 2001At least 28 bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River, in which recovery operations are going on.
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A day before the mid -day conflict near Reagan Airport, a day before, A separate jet had to cancel its landing and after a helicopter appeared near its flight pathWashington Post reported.
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US Army saw an increase in very serious aviation incidents during the last financial yearAssociated Press reported that service members died, destruction of aircraft, or more than $ 2.5M died with 15 flights and two ground incidents,
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Donald Trump And his administration members claimed, without proof, that the efforts of diversity in FAA under Biden and Obama administration can blame for accidents.Especially with Trump, claiming that the FAA was accused of “being very white”, and suggesting efforts to hire disabled Americans was irresponsible.
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Tusrap Signed an executive order that refunds the initiative of diversity To prevent “Vok policies” in federal aviation.
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Trump administration choice to attract one Between a deadly tragedy and diversity initiative at a press conference Extensive condemnation from democratic politiciansHe called the comments “disgusting,” “low,” and “racist”, with Democratic minority leader Hakim Jeffrees, saying that Trump “was blaming women and colored people for the deadly aircraft accident.”
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14 skaters and coaches, including two 16 -year -old children and a married pair of world champions, American airlines were on ship on aircraftBoston’s Skating Club stated that both Jinnah Han and Spencer Lane were 16 years old, and Russian -born ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevagenia Sheeshkova and Wadim Naomov, who were husband and wife, were in flight.
