President Trump posted to Truth Social just after midnight Wednesday on the deadly collision near Reagan National Airport between an Army helicopter and a PSA/American Airlines passenger plane.
The flight out of Wichita, Kansas was on final approach to Reagan when it appears to have been hit by the helicopter from the right side at about three hundred feet. The helicopter was on a training flight out of nearby Fort Belvoir, Virginia, according to the Army.
The plane reportedly had sixty passengers and four crew, while the Army helicopter reportedly had three soldiers aboard. Rescue operations are ongoing at the crash site for both aircraft, located closer to the Maryland side of the Potomac River just south of Washington, D.C.
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Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP
Search and rescue operation is underway in Potomac River (Screenshot: Fox 29)
Video of the collision:
Trump’s statement:
“The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!”
“What a terrible night this has been. God bless you all!”
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Source(thegatewaypundit.com)
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>President Trump posted to Truth Social just after midnight Wednesday on the deadly collision near Reagan National Airport between an Army helicopter and a PSA/American Airlines passenger plane.
>The flight out of Wichita, Kansas was on final approach to Reagan when it appears to have been hit by the helicopter from the right side at about three hundred feet. The helicopter was on a training flight out of nearby Fort Belvoir, Virginia, according to the Army.
>The plane reportedly had sixty passengers and four crew, while the Army helicopter reportedly had three soldiers aboard. Rescue operations are ongoing at the crash site for both aircraft, located closer to the Maryland side of the Potomac River just south of Washington, D.C.
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Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP
>Search and rescue operation is underway in Potomac River (Screenshot: Fox 29)
Video of the collision:
>Trump’s statement:
>>“The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!”
>>“What a terrible night this has been. God bless you all!”
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[Source](https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/breaking-trump-posts-truth-reagan-airport-mid-air/)