One clip, posted by X, formerly Twitter, user Tyler Anderson, shows the plane in the far distance in the night sky before it collides with the helicopter. In the clip, aviation control clears the flight to land, advising PAT25 helicopter to watch out for traffic.
Health officials at the Center for Disease Control have reportedly been ordered to stop working with the World Health Organization, following Trump's criticisms on the agency.
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided in midair with a Black Hawk helicopter as the plane was approaching a runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.
The moments before and after a crash between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter are detailed in air traffic control audio.
The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump's executive order.
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while preparing to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., sending the aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River and killing everyone on board.
U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan blocked the Trump administration from implementing it for now. A federal judge has halted President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal aid programs, ruling that the courts need more time to consider the potentially far-reaching ramifications of his order.
The fatal midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter followed a string of near misses at airports over the last several years.
The NTSB will be handling the investigation into the aviation disaster that is believed to have killed 67 people.
President Trump has picked former Congressman David Weldon to serve as his CDC director. Previous directors have been able to start soon after they were picked. But under a law passed by Congress in 2022, Weldon will need to be confirmed by the Senate before starting in the position.
D.C. once again is participating in the annual point-in-time count, a controversial headcount of the a city’s unhoused population.