KSHB 41's Fe Silva spoke to an eyewitness about the deadly collision between a passenger jet and an U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. Roy Best lives very close to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Without evidence, Trump blamed air traffic controllers, the helicopter pilots and Democratic policies at federal agencies for Wednesday night's collision.
He indicated 27 bodies had been recovered from the airplane, and one from the helicopter.
The search and rescue mission was transitioning to a recovery mission, and no survivors were expected, DC Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said.
A passenger plane collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River – near Ronald Reagan National Airport just outside of Washington, DC – on Wednesday night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and defense officials. There were 64 people on board the aircraft and three people aboard the helicopter.
Planes are once again taking off and landing at Reagan Washington Airport as things get back to normal amid an anything-but-normal situation.
An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.
The UH-60 Black Hawk with the 12th Aviation Battalion was on a training flight when it hit an American Airlines plane with 64 onboard.
A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter while on approach at Reagan Washington National Airport at about 9 p.m. Wednesday.
The plane went down in the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport. An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with no survivors expected.
American Airlines Flight Collides With Black Hawk Helicopter In Nation's Capital, All Passengers Presumed Deceased