Summary

An American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair near Reagan National Airport, killing at least 18 people.

Trump initially expressed condolences but later questioned why the air traffic control tower or helicopter pilot didn’t prevent the crash.

The FAA identified the plane as a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700.

A Kennedy Center webcam captured the collision, and investigations are ongoing.

CNN’s Pete Muntean called the incident stunning, noting its proximity to a military base.

    • @[email protected]
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      713 hours ago

      To be clear I think this one is a coincidence. The next ones are probably not…

      Unless it comes out that the 3 people on the helicopter were newbies that only has that position because of trump.

      • @RagingRobot
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        711 hours ago

        I know it’s a coincidence but I’m still going to blame trump because that’s exactly what Trump did when Biden was president. He got on Twitter or whatever and blamed every single bad thing that happened in this country on Biden. Trump deserves the same treatment if not worse.

    • @arin
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      1415 hours ago

      Dumb oligarch in power, shoots self in foot

      • @AbidanYre
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        1314 hours ago

        Shoots others in foot. Nothing happened to Elon or Trump.

        • @TrickDacy
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          213 hours ago

          From their perspective, it is. They now have to deal with a pesky scandal over dead people they couldn’t care less about.

            • @TrickDacy
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              212 hours ago

              Well they won’t exactly, but they will get asked about it enough to feel annoyed