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A jet carrying 60 passengers collided with a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport on the outskirts of Washington, then rushed into the Potmax River, causing a desperate search for survivors.
A flight operated by American Airlines PSA Airlines with four crew members was born in Wichita, Kansas. The Bombardier CRJ700 approached the airport at around 9 pm on Wednesday, and collided with the US Army Citolsky H-60 Black Hawk Helicopter with three crew members.
Washington's Metropolitan Police Station has stated that rescue operations, including about 300 federal, Colombia, and divered teams, are ongoing rescue operations.
Authorities do not check if there are victims, but many are afraid that they are dead.
The US figure skating, a sports governing, said that some athletes, coaches, and family members have returned from the American Airlines flight and returned from Wichita's development camp.
“We are devastating by this indiscriminate tragedy,” he said in a statement.
The airport near Pentagon, opposite the national mall, stopped all takeoff and landing, but the terminal remained open.
While dozens of police cars flocked on both sides of the river near the crash site, the road to transportation, the helicopter with searchlights turned up and the boat turned around the wreckage, so the siren was the capital of the United States. It rang beyond.
“We are going there as much as we need, and we are clearly trying to reach people as soon as possible,” said Mayor Washington, Muriel Bowser, briefing at the airport early on Thursday. I talked. “We are going to recover our fellow citizens.”
According to Heather Chair, a spokesman in the Army's joint taskforce nation, Blackhawk was on training. The Army said that Black Hawk was operated by Pentagon in Berboa, Virginia, about 20 miles.
Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegousth, wrote in X that the Army and the Ministry of Defense had begun a CRASH drop.
“I was completely explained about terrible accidents,” Donald Trump said. He later posted about CRASH drop in a true society, saying it could have been prevented.
“The plane was on the perfect and everyday approach line to the airport. Helicopters were going straight on an airplane for a long time. It was a sunny night, the lights of the plane burned up, why the helicopter went up and down, why He didn't turn, “he asked.
“The control tower did not tell the helicopter what to do, rather than asking why you saw the plane. This is a bad situation that seems to have been prevented. It's not good! “Trump has been added!
Serious aviation accidents are rare in the United States. The last major collision involving US commercial aircraft was in 2009, but 49 people died in the Corgan Aviation Flying, which collided with a house near Buffalo, New York.
“Our concerns are concerned about passengers and crews on aircraft are concerned about American Airlines, which completely owns PSA.
Robert Isom, the highest executive of American Airlines, said he was traveling to Washington and added, “I want to learn as much as possible about today's events.” It takes time to work. “
Sikorsky's spokesman manufactures a black hawk helicopter and owns a defense contractor, Lockheed Martin. “We provided survey and support for customers.”
The MHI RJ AVIATION, which acquired a support project from the CRJ series aircraft and Bombardia in 2020, did not immediately respond to comment requests.
Jerry Moran, a Senator of Kansas, told reporters that he had been in lobbying to American Airlines to introduce non -stop flights from Wichita to Reagan National Airport.
“The flight exists in about a year, and in Kansas and especially in Wicita, he knows the people on the flight,” he said.
Additional reports by Philip Georgia Diss
