WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Scores of people were feared dead after an American Airlines regional passenger jet with 64 people on board and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport.
Officials provided no death toll from Wednesday night’s collision but U.S. Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas, from where the flight was traveling, suggested most if not all those on board had been killed.
“It’s really hard when you lose probably over 60 Kansans simultaneously,” he told a press conference at Reagan airport in the U.S. capital early on Thursday.
“When one person dies, it’s a tragedy, but when many, many, many people die, it’s an unbearable sorrow. It’s a heartbreak beyond measure.”
American Airlines confirmed 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard the jet. The helicopter, on a training flight, was carrying three soldiers, a U.S. official said.
And the FAA head resigned on Jan 20th. I’m sure this will go well.
Trump also fired the heads of the TSA and all members of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee the day after taking office. This is exactly what we can expect under Trump’s claim that he would “restore excellence and safety” in the FAA, and everything else he touches. He claims to be cutting out DEI but all he really cares about is getting rid of the best people for their jobs and replacing them with loyal lapdogs.
Exactly why conservatives harp on DEI and why corporations ditch it the moment its no longer politically valuable. It makes it difficult to conduct nepotism.