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

Authorities have 41 bodies after an aircraft crash in Washington DC.

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

Both aircraft crashed into the Potomac River after the accident. Some 300 workers were sent to the scene, but the rescue quickly turned into a recovery objective as authorities said there were no survivors.

Washington crash: Follow the current updates

Federal investigators have recovered the black boxes from the traveler jet, while authorities were still searching for comparable 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 confirmed that an air traffic control service manager had let a controller leave their shift early.

The detail, first reported by the New york city Times, has been verified to Sky News’ US partner NBC News by a source knowledgeable about the examination.

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It indicates a single controller was managing both airplane and helicopter traffic in the area when the 2 aircraft clashed.

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

The American Airlines jet was bring 60 passengers and employment 4 team when it crashed with the Black Hawk helicopter, bring 3 soldiers, employment soon before 9pm local time on Wednesday.

Flight 5342 was preparing to arrive at runway 33 at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when it collided with the helicopter in among the most securely managed airspaces in the world.

‘Em ergency lorries sped past me’

A man whose partner was on the flight has recalled how he saw emergency situation services “speeding past” as he was waiting at the airport to select her up.

Hamaad Raza informed NBC News his other half of 2 years, Asra, had actually “texted me [and] said, ‘We’re landing in 20 minutes'”.

” I was waiting and I started seeing a bunch of EMS automobiles speeding past me … method too many, [more] than regular and my texts weren’t going through.”

Trump makes unverified variety drive claim

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

It has considering that been stated there is no proof to support the US president’s claim.

Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Mr Trump suggested the diversity efforts had made flight less safe.

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

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

NBC News reported staffing in the air traffic control tower was “not typical”, according to an initial FAA report.

The tower normally 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 employment helicopter activity.

The FAA, which manages air traffic control service along with accreditation of workers and airplane, lacks a permanent administrator. Its previous manager Michael Whitaker stepped down on 20 January – the day of Mr Trump’s inauguration.

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

Mr Whitaker had clashed with Mr Trump’s confidante Elon Musk over the SpaceX rocket launches during his tenure at the FAA.

Since beginning as head of the administration in October 2023, he was also forced to respond to Boeing’s security and quality problems, and worked to employ more air traffic controllers due to a shortage of staff.

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At his rundown, Mr Trump blamed previous president Joe Biden for lowering standards for air traffic controllers.

” We need to have our most intelligent people,” he said. “They have to be naturally talented geniuses.”

Mr Trump added: “The FAA is actively hiring workers who suffer serious intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical conditions under a variety and addition hiring effort defined on the company’s site.”

The American Association of People with Disabilities responded to these claims, saying in a statement on X: “FAA staff members with impairments did not cause [the] terrible plane crash.

” The examination into the crash is still continuous. It is exceptionally inappropriate for the president to use this catastrophe to push an anti-diversity hiring agenda. Doing so makes all Americans less safe.”

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Mr Trump stated after being sworn in last week, he signed an executive order which “brought back the highest requirements of air traffic controllers”.

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

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