Several deaths and current research, what happened?

An American airliner collided with a helicopter above Washington this Wednesday, January 29 in the evening, close to the airportronald-reagan. “Flight 5342, from Wichita, Kansas (ICT) and to Washington DC (DCA), was involved in an accident, “reacts American Airlines. 60 passengers and four crew members were on board the aircraft. A crash that occurred at” average altitude with a Sikorsky H-60 ​​helicptere at the time of The approach to land, “said the American aviation regulator (FAA). The two devices are now in the waters of the Potomac river.

At least 18 dead according to local police

An investigation was opened by the army and the Ministry of Defense announced the Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth. He regrets a “tragic” collision and ensures that “research and rescue efforts are still in progress”. “The water is dark, troubled, and it is very difficult to dive in these conditions,” said the head of firefighters and emergency medical services of Washington, John A. Donnllly SR on CNN. According to him, research continues in “dangerous” conditions. For the time being, at least 18 dead have been found and no survivor could be extracted announced a local police officer on the American channel CBS News.

A disaster that “should have been avoided”, Trump furious

A research and rescue operation with the police and the firefighters is always on the scene of the accident as well as in the icy waters of Potomac, the river near the airport. On board the involved helicopter, known as “Black Hawk”, three soldiers were on board said a Pentagon official. No senior American official was present. The military helicopter involved in the crash was “training theft,” said a spokesperson for the American army, in a message relayed on social networks by the head of the Pentagon Pete Hegseth.

A catastrophe that “should have been avoided” according to US President Donald Trump. “The helicopter went straight to the plane for an extended period. It is a clear night, the plane lights were lit, why did the helicopter not mounted or descended, or Didn’t he turn? ‘Plane, “he wrote on his social network Truth. “This is a bad situation that should have been avoided. Not good !!!”, he concludes.

A recording of the airport control tower has already been unveiled. Several American media have had access to it, and we can clearly hear an air traffic control operator asking the helicopter if he has the commercial airliner “in sight” before telling him to “go behind”, to no avail, It is already too late, the crash could not be avoided.