USA, clash between passenger plane and military helicopter: what we know

Dramatic clash between a American Airlines plane with 64 people on board, including four crew members and an American army helicopter at the Reagan national airport. The news is the Washington Post, explaining that the passenger aircraft, which started yesterday from Wichita in Kansas, was being landed and, after the crash, sided in the Potomac river.

The police extracted several bodies from the water, according to officials, but the exact number of the victims is still unknown. Three soldiers who were on board the helicopter confirms an American army officer. The FBI according to reports from the CNN excludes the track of terrorism.

The divers of the Maryland State Police are on the spot to help research in the Potomac river, said governor Wes Moore on social media. The weather conditions at the time of the accident were not difficult. “The goal is now saving people and that’s what we are focusing on,” said the mayor of Washington Muriel Bowser.

The Reagan National Airport will remain closed until tomorrow, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, and the flights have been diverted to Marshall international airport in Baltimora-Washington.

18 bodies recovered

So far they have been 18 bodies recovered. A police officer present on the scene told CBS News, adding that they have not yet been found surviving.

Trump: “Tragedy that should have been avoided”

“The accident should have been avoided,” said the President of the United States, Donald Trump, in a post on his social Truth profile. “The plane was on a line of approach to perfect airport and routine,” he claimed. The helicopter had been going in the direction of the plane for a while, the night was clear and the lights of the plane were turned on, why did the helicopter have not risen or lowered, why did not perform a turn? Why did the control tower communicate to the helicopter what to do instead of asking him if he had seen the plane? This is a bad situation that a priori should have been avoided. It’s not good! “The American president warned.

Three hundred rescuers in action

There are about 300 rescuers, engaged in research and rescue operations on the Potomac river. This was announced by the head of the firefighters and the health emergency service of Washington, John A. Donnelly Sr, adding that the weather conditions are made difficult by darkness, cold and wind.