At the same place, a fierce collision between American Airlines and military aircraft.
Arlington (America): “White House” has also survived narrowly in a fierce collision in American Arlines aircraft and military helicopters at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington on Wednesday night. It is being told that this accident happened just 4 to 5 kilometers from the White House. However, the search for the living has been started from 64 people including 60 passengers and 4 crew. The incident that caused the ragte took place on Wednesday night, where a passenger aircraft collided with an army helicopter at the time of landing.
After the incident, a large -scale rescue operation has been launched in the nearby Potomac River. According to the airline ‘American Airlines’, the aircraft had 60 passengers and four crew members. No information has been received about the casualties of the people in the accident, but the aircraft operations have been stopped at the airport. Helicopters of law enforcement agencies are flying in the airspace of the scene to search and rescue living. The rescue boats from a place near George Washington Parkway, just north of the airport, have been launched into the Potomac River.
Information about the accident given to Trump
US President Donald Trump said that he has been informed about the “horrific accident” at Reagan National Airport. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard is using all available resources for relief and rescue operations after the aircraft accident near Washington DC. The US Home Minister Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that the collision occurred at around 9 pm at the Eastern standard time, when a regional aircraft flying from Wichita in Kansas collided with a military ‘BlackHock’ helicopter while reaching the runway of the airport. .
The helicopter pilot made this inquiry about passenger aircraft
In the audio received from the air traffic control tower at the time of the accident, a controller was heard asking the helicopter pilot in terms of passenger aircraft, “PAT 25 Do you have CRJ.” Aviation company ‘American Airlines’ But in a post, he said that he is aware of the reports that one of his aircraft is involved in this accident. Emergency employees are doing relief and rescue operations after the aircraft accident. The incident is reminiscent of the ‘Air Florida’ aircraft on 13 January 1982 which fell into Potomac. 78 people were killed in that accident. The cause of that accident was said to be bad weather. (AP)
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