Months before last night’s fatal aircraft collision, lawmakers dismissed safety warnings and approved an airline-backed measure that increased flight traffic at Washington, DC’s already overstressed airport — the site of the disaster.

  • @Maggoty
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    At an airport already known for dangerously crowded airspace and understaffed ATC. When asked, not a single pilot was surprised that a collision happened there. It was “the first place” they expected such a thing to happen.