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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    8115 hours ago

    This is the kind of stuff the “deregulate everything” crowd never seems to think about.

    This dumbass is in the process of removing all enforcement of agency regulations and then this prime example of why we have rules in the first place appears

    • @FooBarrington
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      1213 hours ago

      “Nooo, we don’t mean those regulations, only the bad ones!”

      proceeds to blindly revoke regulations

      “Whoopsie!”

    • @TrickDacy
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      2114 hours ago

      Exactly. Firing half the government would lead to outcomes like this