*****Breaking News***** Plane Crash in Potamac River

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Developing...

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1. Blackhawk helicopter vs American Airlines jet collide

and end up in the Potomac per MSNBC.

It happened at Reagan National Airport in DC.

[Renew Deal]

7. Some tweet says it's a DC police helicopter. Agenda Free TV says "Army helicopter"

Link to tweet

[eShirl]

2. Agenda Free youtube channel just went live with it

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. Oh shit!!!!

Keeping fingers crossed but aircraft collisions usually end up very badly.

[Greg_In_SF]

4. Holy shit

this is horrible!

[Kingofalldems]

5. Is this significant?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GiglueAXEAEY97z?format=jpg&name=large

[Greg_In_SF]

6. You have got

to be kidding

[Kingofalldems]

8. Not kidding at all. Asked a question.

Too bad you didn't like it.

[Greg_In_SF]

10. Well

then the answer would be no.

[DET]

31. I guess you think this is funny

AP - “Trump Guts Key Aviation Safety Committee, Fires Heads Of TSA, Coast
Guard. The committee will technically continue to exist, but it won't have any members
to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.”

Gee, what could possibly go wrong?

[Greg_In_SF]

48. There is absolutely

no evidence that any of those actions played any role in last night's tragedy.

[DET]

12. That was my first thought

Couldn’t believe that he did that. This is so reminiscent of Air Florida Flight 90 in the early 80s. Weirdest day ever in DC (huge snowstorm, plane crash, subway crash). Horrifying.

[Skittles]

42. I was TDY on my job watching that on TV in a hotel room

it was just terrible

[DET]

43. Yes It Was

I was in the middle of the snow storm in downtown DC when Flight 90 crashed. Someone in the office offered to attempt to take us home. It was really rough, but we finally made it - only to find out about the plane crash and the subway crash as well. Someone I knew was on the bridge when the plane crashed in front of him. I flew out of National to Florida a couple of weeks later and was terrified. I will never forget that awful day.

[LeftInTX]

15. It's on Trump!

Stay home! It ain't safe!

[Greg_In_SF]

25. You forgot

the sarcasm smiley.

[Johnny2X2X]

9. Bodies being recovered from river

Awful.

[Rebl2]

26. Four

pulled alive from water so far.

[mitch96]

11. So far we know it's not the prez but what would happen if it was him. Who would be in charge? Vance?

That truly would be a disaster...Who would be the puppet master controlling Vance?
A scary thought...
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[MissB]

13. Of course it would be Vance.

And yes it would be bad.

[Kingofalldems]

14. Apparently a US Army helicopter.

[Liberal In Texas]

16. You kind of wonder with a crash at National if there were people from the Congress.

Horrible accident. From the video it looks like the Blackhawk was at fault.

[Renew Deal]

18. I wondered that too

Was the House in session today?

But there are so many people employed in government, that I think it's likely someone will be connected to someone.

[spooky3]

24. The flight was from Wichita--so, probably no Congresspeople. Nt

[Renew Deal]

17. Here's the FlightRadar Link

Looks like it was just off land.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/aa5342#38ecc36f

[Renew Deal]

19. Politico says there are at least 4 survivors

[spooky3]

23. That is good--I hope they find more. Nt

[spooky3]

34. WaPo reports "bodies" pulled from river:

“ Police have pulled multiple bodies from the Potomac of people apparently killed after a plane collided with a military helicopter, according to people familiar with the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the incident.”

[Liberal In Texas]

20. 4 survivors pulled from the water.

per news reports.

[Greg_In_SF]

27. They did say

"people" pulled from the water instead of "bodies". A great sign!

[LeftInTX]

28. I'm shocked there were survivors!

[mackdaddy]

30. Could be from the Chopper

The Jet would have been going over a hundred MPH when it crashed, and into Icy waters.

But hoping for some miracles.

[Renew Deal]

32. There were 3 on the helicopter

So at least 1 would be from the plane

[LeftInTX]

33. My dad worked in aviation. One of the airlines he was with involved a mid-air collision

Both were flying VFR and one flight was running behind schedule. It happened about five miles from the airport. They exploded and no one survived.

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The aircraft operating the flight, a Convair CV-580, departed Green Bay at around 10:30 a.m. CDT, proceeding to Oshkosh under visual flight rules (VFR). At 10:36:11 a.m. CDT, the air traffic controller at Oshkosh cleared Flight 290 to land. The flight crew's acknowledgment five seconds later was the last communication with North Central Flight 290.[5][1]

Operated by a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, it departed Chicago at 9:28 a.m. CDT on June 29, 1972, bound for Sheboygan under an instrument flight rules (IFR) plan; en route, the flight crew abandoned its IFR plan and completed the first leg of the flight under VFR.[1]

The plane departed Sheboygan 13 minutes late, at 10:23 a.m. CDT, bound for Appleton, operating under VFR. At about 10:30 a.m. CDT, the flight crew contacted the Air Wisconsin office in Appleton, stating that they anticipated arriving at Appleton at 10:44 a.m. CDT. This was the last communication with Air Wisconsin Flight 671.[1]

The National Transportation Safety Board noted that the North Central crew would have had to look toward the sun to see the approaching Air Wisconsin plane[2][6] and concluded that they took no evasive action

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Lake_Winnebago_mid-air_collision

[LeftInTX]

21. Plane is like this one:

[Renew Deal]

29. I've been on those before

They are small but work well. I've been in windy conditions with that plane. I think there are two seats on each side in the main cabin and around 28 rows.

[mackdaddy]

22. American Airlines commuter Jet with about 60 on board from one report

AP says collided with an Army Blackhawk helicopter.

They had some security camera of the jet coming in and a bright flash when the collision happened. I would be surprised if any survivors.

[Hassler]

35. It's all on Scump. Why can't he land planes?

Not gonna travel for a while

[MustLoveBeagles]

36. Oh no

[LeftInTX]

37. OMG You're commander in chief and this isn't the gorilla at the zoo where the kid got in!

Remember those silly comments he made after that little kid fell in the gorilla exhibit? And then the zoo shot the gorilla?
That's why this reminds me of.

This is so dumb and idiotic. He's commander in chief!

Why didn't the helicopter go up or down or turn??

Then he's throwing ATC under the bus...

[LeftInTX]

38. Team USA figure skaters and coaches were on the flight.

[beaglelover]

39. OMG! Any idea who?

[LeftInTX]

40. I have no idea.

https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news/2025/1/26/us-figure-skating-names-mens-world-world-junior-and-four-continents-team-selections.aspx

.S. Figure Skating has announced its men's selections for the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025, the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2025 and the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2025.

The teams were selected following the 2025 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas.

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Some stayed behind in Wichita to attend a workshop and some of them were on this flight.

I feel bad for all of them....They must be devastated...

[malaise]

44. Too sad 😢

Parents as well

[LeftInTX]

41. DCA and helicopters have been an issue for along time.

Link to tweet

For many in the DC-area flying community, the crash tonight wasn’t a matter of if, but when.

DC airspace is some of the most congested in the world, with helicopters and jets forced into a small operating area.

Doesn’t exactly help that the Army uses it as a training ground.

The Potomac VFR is insanely busy with Army helicopters, Park Police, other associated agency helicopters, and DC Police helicopters.

Seen here, a US Army UH-60 flying at low altitude up the Washington Channel, just adjacent to DCA.

[malaise]

45. No survivors found so fat n/t

[LeftInTX]

46. There are no survivors.

[leftyladyfrommo]

47. Welcome to Trump world with no safety

nets.

That's the part that worries me the most.