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DCA Plane Crash Coverage

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TheBigA

Wednesday night at around 9PM ET, there was a collision of an American Eagle plane with a Blackhawk helicopter on approach to Reagan National Airport. Because of the location of the crash, coverage began very quickly. Area TV stations had video of the crash itself. Local and network TV were on site within the hour. Local radio (WTOP) was on location and reporting from the scene within the hour.

wtop.com

Everyone aboard American Airlines jet and Army helicopter feared dead after collision near Reagan National - WTOP News

Multiple people are dead after passenger jet collides with a military helicopter midair near Reagan National Airport.
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www.nbcnews.com

Live updates: American Eagle jet crashes into Potomac River after collision with Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport

The latest news and live updates on the plane crash into the Potomac River.
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www.wusa9.com

Recovery mission ongoing, victims continue to be identified after deadly midair crash | The latest

According to the FAA, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided into a 60-passenger flight landing at DCA midair.
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wamu.org

FAA confirms passenger jet crash with helicopter at DCA

This is a breaking story and will be updated. The Federal Aviation Administration is confirming reports that a regional passenger jet -- operated by PSA
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I have no words. PRAY for the families that have lost their loved ones.
Officials say everyone died. No survivors expected to be found. :cry:🙏
Also, multiple US figure skating players have been killed as well as two Russian figure skating champions who had been in the Olympics.
 
I was switching between local and national coverage, and saw more detailed information on the local coverage. An on-scene reporter for WRC was the first to report that the plane had broken apart. None of the national reporting I saw had that information. The local reporting from WUSA was the first to report that bodies were being recovered. All of this was at least an hour or more before the briefing on the crash. The officials at that time refused to give details about fatalities or if survivors had been found. It wasn't until the Thursday morning briefing that officials talked about bodies and fatalities.
 
WAMU at some point switched to its regular BBC programming. The crash was also their lead story. Except the news reader mispronounced the name of the river. He called it the PAW-to-mack river, instead of the po-TOW-mack river. Didn't check his stylebook. He then spoke with a CBS Radio reporter, saying that the BBC now has a news-sharing arrangement with CBS. She of course pronounced the name of the river correctly.
 
Unbelievable! Trump is blaming DEI hiring initiatives for this crash...The bodies are still in the river, and this is the statement we get from our president.😳

www.nytimes.com

Trump Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under His Watch

President Trump’s remarks, suggesting that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens.
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www.yahoo.com

Washington DC airspace challenges highlighted by passenger jet and Army helicopter collision

ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) -The crash of an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday highlighted issues around the congested airspace shared by civilian and military aircraft over the U.S. capital. Military...
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news.yahoo.com

One Controller Was Doing Two Jobs On Night of D.C. Plane Crash

A preliminary report suggests control tower staffing was inadequate when an American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army helicopter, plunging 67 people to their death in the icy Potomac River below. That assessment was made by the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday, a day after the...
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www.nytimes.com

The Reason Army Helicopters Train in Washington’s Busy Skies

The service is often responsible for ferrying lawmakers and other V.I.P.’s across the area, and near Reagan National Airport.
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abc7.com

Reagan Airport traffic control tower combined 2 positions into 1 ahead of deadly DC plane crash

When aircraft volume goes down, a supervisor can make the decision to combine two controller positions into one position, which happens routinely, according to a source with direct knowledge.
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www.military.com

3 Army Soldiers Killed in Tragic Collision with Passenger Plane Near DC Airport

Three unidentified Army soldiers died after their Black Hawk helicopter collided with a passenger flight over Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night during an annual training exercise.
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Here’s the response the incident should have been directed to these factors from both Reagan Airport Air Traffic Control and the Army base that issued training at the time of the crash. According to this preliminary report Fort Belvoir authorized the Helicopter to Washington DC.
 
KilowattKat said:
Unbelievable! Trump is blaming DEI hiring initiatives for this crash...The bodies are still in the river, and this is the statement we get from our president.😳

www.nytimes.com

Trump Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under His Watch

President Trump’s remarks, suggesting that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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"It had to be a black guy, or a woman, or a disabled person". Disgusting but typical.
 
KilowattKat said:
Unbelievable! Trump is blaming DEI hiring initiatives for this crash...The bodies are still in the river, and this is the statement we get from our president.😳

www.nytimes.com

Trump Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under His Watch

President Trump’s remarks, suggesting that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Now it's Blame the Helicopter pilot and crew in the first part of the article. However this is a factor for the Helicopter crew end. Then again it's a case of what Fort Belvoir could have done to let Reagan Air Traffic Control know that a Helicopter was near their airspace prior to the Jet hitting them. Expect the political talk shows go all Snowflake with this one. But then again reforms have to happen at multiple angles though once the investigation is completed.

But Hegseth and the Army have said the three member crew of soldiers on the Black Hawk were experienced. The Army said the instructor pilot, who was the designated pilot in command, had 1,000 flying hours while the other pilot had 500 hours.
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The helo was above its assigned altitude at the time of the crash. There should have been approximately 200 feet separation at that point.

The helo pilots may have thought the aircraft taking off was the CRJ referenced by the ATC instead of the AA flight.

Really bad idea to have night time training flights cross over the approach pattern to a very busy airport like National.

Aircraft are very difficult to see if over a large metro area at night. Both aircraft were operating VFR (visual).

All the holes in the Swiss cheese lined up. Very sad.
 
TheBigA said:
WAMU at some point switched to its regular BBC programming. The crash was also their lead story. Except the news reader mispronounced the name of the river. He called it the PAW-to-mack river, instead of the po-TOW-mack river.
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I don't understand why NPR affiliates run so much BBC news. I do understand that the BBC does high quality journalism but the British accent and, in this case, the mispronunciation, make it clear that it's foreign media being piped in.

I don't know about WAMU but here in New York, WNYC even runs BBC News during morning drive, as if they can't get Americans to report the news in the nation's media capital and its largest market. I like England but we don't live there. This is America and in spite of the malicious framing of 'patriotism' by some in this country, I have enough genuine patriotism to believe America's NPR stations shouldn't rely on a foreign nation's news organization to deliver the news, especially in radio's primetime. This is a longtime pet peeve of mine with NPR, or at least the local affiliate in NYC. In addition to what I already stated, it just sounds pretentious.
 
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NPR doesn't relay the BBC. Local stations, some affiliated with NPR, some not, make their own deals. I think it's great. My cable system carries BBC World News and NHK from Japan. I think that's great. Those who don't should tune out rather than get angry.
 
tvnut said:
NPR doesn't relay the BBC. Local stations, some affiliated with NPR, some not, make their own deals. I think it's great. My cable system carries BBC World News and NHK from Japan. I think that's great. Those who don't should tune out rather than get angry.
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I agree. The public radio system in this country is completely decentralized and is run by the local stations themselves. It's their choice to run NPR shows or run BBC shows. No one forces anyone to carry anything. NPR is mainly a program supplier just like American Public Media. The only difference is that NPR has responsibility for running the national interconnection system. They have that responsibility as designated by legislation.
 
tvnut said:
NPR doesn't relay the BBC. Local stations, some affiliated with NPR, some not, make their own deals. I think it's great. My cable system carries BBC World News and NHK from Japan. I think that's great. Those who don't should tune out rather than get angry.
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I edited two words to clarify, since you seem to want to parse them. And it's not being angry to make the point. Also, BBC News is available to anyone in America who wishes to stream it.
 
Theater of My Mind said:
BBC News is available to anyone in America who wishes to stream it.
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One could say the exact same thing about music. Recorded music is available to anyone who wishes to stream. The reason radio plays music is for the convenience of the listeners and for gathering an audience for advertisers.
 
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