The deadly US Airways crash comes in the wake of a wave of proximity to Misses and destroying at Ronald Reagan National Airport from Washington, DC – including the 1982 accident that killed 78 people.
President Donald Trump confirmed that all 67 people had passed away after a plane and a helicopter collided with the army and then crashed into the Botomac River in the capital on Wednesday evening.
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The airspace in Reagan is often filled with various local trips, as well as military aircraft that operate close to each other on a daily basis.
Just 24 hours before the collision on Wednesday, another plane tried to land, but it was forced to follow a second approach after the appearance of a helicopter near the path of its flight, according to the sound of air traffic control.
Other recent incidents at the airport include a proposal in May 2024, which included a US lines plane that was cleared Take off Just as the next King's air plane has been cleared to land soon.
A month ago, another call occurred close to the chilling of Jetblue and Southwest, which was close to the subscription on a runway.
In 2024, Reagan Airport witnessed at least eight collisions near the center, According to the data of the federal aviation administration you saw The New York Times.
The Federal Aviation Administration often warned that this deficiency in governing air traffic along the east coast forced it to reduce the amount of flights that it could allow across the region.
At a press conference, Senator Mark Warner said on Thursday: “We have caused this issue continuously. We have a very busy air field.”
In January 1982, the airport became a despair after a flight in Florida 90, a Boeing 737 plane, took off before it fell to the ground – and hit the fourteenth street bridge before the Botomak ice river was destroyed.
The tragedy left 78 dead people, with them out of 79 on the trip, only five survived, and on Earth four people were killed in vehicles on the amazing bridge.
The National Transport Safety Council said in the wake of the collapse that many errors were made by the airline employees, which contributed to its fall.
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The government accountability office said in the 2021 report that there are 88,000 helicopters 30 miles from Reagan-including about 33,000 military flights, over three years until 2019, according to Reuters reports.
The lawmakers have recently pressed the airport's vicinity to allow additional flights to arrive and leave.
In 2023, it was suggested that 28 trips back and forth on the airport were suggested.
The Federal Aviation Administration has already warned at the time that adding these additional flights will pressure the system, according to what he said New York Times.
In the wake of the terrifying near in May 2024, Senator Tim Kane said during his conversation in Congress: “Praise be to God, the collision and disaster were avoided.
“But more and more aircraft on this most crowded runway in the United States will increase the chance of a big accident.”
The coalition for the protection of American regional airports said: “[Reagan] It is currently at risk of serious evidence if there are changes to the hole and ocean rules.
“Moreover, any changes to the opening and oceans threaten to undermine the arrival of regional airports and their societies to the capital area, as well as increasing delay, traffic, congestion, noise and safety.”
The Wednesday crash was preventable, according to the Minister of Transport, Sean Warm.
He said: “I would like to say that the helicopter was aware that the plane was in the area.
“We will wait for all the information to come from this point, but what I have seen so far, do I think this could have been prevented?”
President Trump earlier asked how to crush a “clear night” and also said that the accident “should have been prevented.”
President Trump addresses the mourning nation
Written by Georgi, English news reporter
President Donald Trump began his speech at the White House to the nation with moments of silence to honor those who died in US Airlines.
Trump described the flight as a “real tragedy” as he said that America is now going through a “hour or pain”.
Following comments from officials at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport earlier today, Trump said he believed that there are no survivors.
The new president added: “This was a dark and painful night in the capital of our nation and in the history of our nation, and a tragedy with terrible dimensions.”
“As a single nation, we grieve over every valuable spirit that was suddenly taken from us.”
Then Trump began going out to the former leaders of the United States and its Democratic competitors, Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
He said: “I have put safety first. Obama, Biden and Democrats put politics first.”
Trump pledged to restore the “highest level of air movement” and said that the United States would only rent the “smartest and bright” to go forward.
He continued to detonate the rules of the federal aviation administration about who could work in monitoring air traffic and government diversity efforts.
Then he asked one of the reporters if he blamed part of the crash of diversity with Trump's response to his saying that he only uses “common sense”.
Speaking of the accident directly, Trump claimed that the plane's pilot did “everything is fine” and followed a path that the pilots took for decades.
He seemed to put some blame on the military helicopter, saying that it was going at an “incredibly bad” angle.
But confirmed investigations are continuing.
He wrote about the social truth: “The plane was on an ideal and routine line of the airport.
The helicopter was traveling directly on the plane for an extended period of time.
“It is a clear night, the lights on the plane were burning, why did the helicopter not rise, rise or spin.
“Why did the helicopter control tower not tell what to do instead of asking whether they see the plane.
“This is a bad situation that he should have been prevented. Not good !!!”
Hundreds of emergency workers continue to work tirelessly to restore bodies and debris from water with the start of investigations into the cause of the tragedy.
In an official press conference from White House On Thursday, Trump held a moment of silence for the victims and their families.
Then he was concerned that all the 64 on board the plane arrived from Kansas and the three in Black Hawk were killed.
The newly activated leader said that the catastrophe – now the bloodiest in America 24 years – is “an hour of pain for our nation” and “a terrible dimensional tragedy.”
He said: “This was a dark and refrigerated night in the capital of our nation and in our nation dateAnd a tragedy with terrible dimensions.
As a single nation, we grieve over every valuable spirit that was suddenly taken from us.
“This has regretted many people, including people, unfortunately, from other countries.”
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