Plane crashes into another plane near Reagan International

[Brainonska511]

Watch Trump declare it was terrorism so he can deflect from any responsibility.

He won't need to declare anything. Nothing is ever his fault, even when it clearly is. The buck never stops with him.

 

[Brainonska511]

Yes, we are basically getting a government of Fox News propagandists who have never had to do anything meaningful in their lives except bloviate about how bad Democrats are. They are going to fuck stuff up, potentially in huge ways.

It's very much like South Korea - a government elected that has totally cooked its brain on right wing internet bullshit.

 

[K1052]

The me me me me me me me presidency is officially back.

 

[MrSquished]

Will the Democrats get a clue? Let's make some correlations here.

 

[DZero]

They are already on Fox implying DEI might have caused the crash. Guess they should fire all the black/brown people at the FAA just to be safe.

A cast of total incompetents are being put into place across the top levels of the government. Naturally this is going to result in the freak show we are seeing in terms of responses but later it will start piling up a body count. Perhaps a really large one.

Poor US... if those dissasters continue, the US will suffer in terms of security and image.

Meanwhile...

Six members of Boston skating club are among those killed in plane crash

Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.

apnews.com

This is a f**ing dissaster. A big part of the team (Boston one) died. Has the same impact as the Chapecoense plane crash or the 1987 Alianza Lima plane crash .

 

[HomerJS]

A week ago…

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Fire a bunch of qualified FAA employees and just leave it to the white guys.

We now have the Trump crash. This is just the beginning in this country.

Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee

President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while eliminating all the members of a key aviation security advisory group.

apnews.com

 

[pete6032]

Will the Democrats get a clue?

No, they wont.

 

[gothuevos]

So sad. Imagine thinking you're about to land...ugh, terrible way to go.

 

[Brainonska511]

Trump digging up the hits by blaming the Obama administration for the FAA controllers.

 

[RalphTheCow]

So do you think it was pilot error or air traffic control error?

Obviously DEI.

 

[UNCjigga]

Trump blamed FAA/ATC hires who are non-white, with dwarfism, missing limbs and wheelchairs. Seriously, fuck that guy. Way to single out people with disabilities. Who was flying the helicopter?

 

[Pens1566]

Duffy is married to Fox's Rachael Campos Duffy. From an entirely different season of Real World than the DoT secretary.

Yes, he married Puck's sidepiece.

 

[HomerJS]

Trump digging up the hits by blaming the Obama administration for the FAA controllers.

Trump never passes on a shot to blame black people. Right after crash Republicans started screaming DEI

 

[DZero]

Trump acts just like Putin does in the war against Ukraine... Republicans shows that they are no longer part of a democracy.

 

[nakedfrog]

Trump digging up the hits by blaming the Obama administration for the FAA controllers.

Forgot Obama wasn't the previous president again and fell into old habits?

 

[Brainonska511]

Forgot Obama wasn't the previous president again and fell into old habits?

He's got pudding for brains. It was clear from his rallies that he isn't firing on all cylinders at his advanced age. Too bad the media was too focused on Biden being old that they didn't have time to tell us about Trump.

 

[gothuevos]

Trump blamed FAA/ATC hires who are non-white, with dwarfism, missing limbs and wheelchairs. Seriously, fuck that guy. Way to single out people with disabilities. Who was flying the helicopter?

Wtf?? Didn't ATC explicitly warn the helicopter about the incoming plane?

What else were they supposed to do??? Be Superman and whisk the plane away to safety?

 

[dainthomas]

Wtf?? Didn't ATC explicitly warn the helicopter about the incoming plane?

What else were they supposed to do??? Be Superman and whisk the plane away to safety?

The theory on r/aviation is that there were two planes coming in and ATC warned the Army helicopter about the plane coming in and it turned and flew behind the front one and didn't see the other coming up behind it.

 

[hal2kilo]

The theory on r/aviation is that there were two planes coming in and ATC warned the Army helicopter about the plane coming in and it turned and flew behind the front one and didn't see the other coming up behind it.

At this point, that's the only first pass guess. He saw the wrong plane, was wearing night vision goggles which restrict peripheral vision.

 

[pete6032]

Holy shit he actually blamed DEI.

Trump Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under His Watch

President Trump’s remarks, suggesting that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens.

www.nytimes.com

 

[DZero]

Literally what the Soviets did in the Chernobyl disaster.

 

[Jaskalas]

Trump never passes on a shot to blame black people. Right after crash Republicans started screaming DEI

Hitler / Nazis had Jews.
Trump / MAGA has DEI.

 

[KMFJD]

Before D.C. Airport Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings And Boosted Flights

Despite midflight near-misses and dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers recently expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport.

www.levernews.com

well there we go...

 

[pcgeek11]

I have been reading that this Airport has been asked for and needed to be shutdown and moved for many years. What has been stopping the move has been Congress as it is more convenient for them to fly in and out of Washington DC.

Also way too much light clutter which makes it hard to determine what you are looking at.

I saw an aviation crash expert that stated that the collision avoidance is turned off below 1,000 Feet.

 

[uallas5]

Remember when in 2017 the aviation industry had its safest year on record and Herr Trump took credit for it even though he and his administration had done NOTHING that year to affect the industry? Pepperidge Farms remembers.