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Washington DC Plane Crash: Authorities Recover 41 Bodies After Mid-air Collision

Authorities have actually recuperated 41 bodies after an airplane crash in Washington DC.

Sixty-seven individuals were eliminated when an American Airlines jet and a military helicopter clashed mid-air on Wednesday night. So far, 28 bodies have actually been identified.

Both aircraft crashed into the Potomac River after the accident. Some 300 workers were sent to the scene, however the rescue quickly became a healing objective as authorities stated there were no survivors.

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Federal detectives have actually recovered the black boxes from the passenger jet, while authorities were still looking for similar gadgets in the helicopter.

Meanwhile, amid questions over how well the airport’s control tower was staffed on the night of the crash, it’s been verified that an air traffic control service manager had actually let a controller leave their shift early.

The detail, first reported by the New york city Times, has been confirmed to Sky News’ US partner NBC News by a source acquainted with the investigation.

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It implies a single controller was handling both airplane and helicopter traffic in the location when the 2 aircraft clashed.

It is allowed – however not optimal – for one controller to do both jobs, NBC News reported.

The American Airlines jet was bring 60 passengers and 4 team when it crashed with the Black Hawk helicopter, bring three soldiers, soon before 9pm regional time on Wednesday.

Flight 5342 was to arrive on runway 33 at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when it hit the helicopter in one of the most securely controlled airspaces on the planet.

‘Em ergency lorries sped past me’

A guy whose other half was on the flight has actually remembered how he saw emergency services “speeding past” as he was waiting at the airport to select her up.

Hamaad Raza told NBC News his spouse of two years, Asra, had actually “texted me [and] said, ‘We’re landing in 20 minutes'”.

” I was waiting and I began seeing a lot of EMS automobiles speeding past me … method a lot of, [more] than normal and my texts weren’t going through.”

Trump makes unproven variety drive claim

Donald Trump has actually connected a diversity drive at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under previous governments to the crash.

It has actually given that been said there is no evidence to support the US president’s claim.

Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Mr Trump suggested the variety efforts had actually made air travel less safe.

At a White House press rundown on Friday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated Mr Trump had actually signed a memorandum directing an immediate assessment of FAA working with choices made throughout the previous administration.

While Mr Trump’s claim appears to have been exposed, there are questions over staffing at Reagan Washington National Airport.

NBC News reported staffing in the air traffic control tower was “not regular”, according to a preliminary FAA report.

The tower typically has a controller who focuses particularly on helicopter traffic – however at the time of the crash, a source stated, one controller was managing both aircraft and helicopter activity.

The FAA, which manages air traffic control service along with certification of personnel and aircraft, is without a permanent administrator. Its former boss Michael Whitaker stepped down on 20 January – the day of Mr Trump’s inauguration.

Follow Trump 100 on your podcast app Mr Trump has designated an acting administrator, Chris Rocheleau, in the wake of the crash.

Mr Whitaker had actually encountered Mr Trump’s confidante Elon Musk over the SpaceX rocket launches throughout his period at the FAA.

Since starting as head of the administration in October 2023, he was also required to respond to Boeing’s security and quality issues, and worked to hire more air traffic controllers due to a lack of personnel.

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At his instruction, Mr Trump blamed former president Joe Biden for decreasing standards for air traffic controllers.

” We need to have our smartest people,” he stated. “They have to be naturally talented geniuses.”

Mr Trump included: “The FAA is actively hiring employees who suffer extreme intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other psychological and physical conditions under a variety and inclusion hiring initiative defined on the company’s site.”

The American Association of People with Disabilities reacted to these claims, stating in a statement on X: “FAA workers with specials needs did not cause [the] awful aircraft crash.

” The investigation into the crash is still continuous. It is very unsuitable for the president to utilize this disaster to press an anti-diversity hiring agenda. Doing so makes all Americans less safe.”

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Mr Trump said after being sworn in recently, he signed an executive order which “restored the greatest requirements of air traffic controllers”.

At a later rundown, he was asked if gender or race contributed. He responded to: “It might have, I do not know.

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