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What we know
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American Eagle Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, carrying 60 passengers and four crew members,
collided midair with an Army helicopter
, carrying three people, near Reagan Washington National Airport last night.
- The two aircraft crashed into the Potomac River, where a rescue operation has become a major recovery effort, with dozens of bodies pulled from the frigid waters so far.
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President Donald Trump said today there are no survivors. Trump and his cabinet members also used the White House press briefing on the crash as an opportunity to
attack DEI initiatives
.
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A preliminary FAA report on the crash says that staffing at the Reagan Washington National Airport air traffic control tower last night was ”
not normal
,” a source told NBC News.
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American figure skaters, coaches and family members
who had been at a camp in Wichita, were among those aboard the passenger jet, according to U.S. Figure Skating.