On January 29, 2025, the United States has suffered their first loss of fuselage from a passenger airlines since Colgan from 2009. Tragically, after a collision between the air between a PSA-operated CRJ-700-Jet from PSA (PSA (PSA), PSA (PSA).
See: President Trump, other officials react to a fatal air crash over the Potomac
The CRJ flew a circular approach to Runway 33 at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), which sits across the river directly opposite the country’s capitol. In the lay terms, they flew down the Potomac, with the end of the approach a left-wing left bow to the low finale to the country (about 500 feet above the ground). There is nothing unusual for that, and the CRJ was exactly where it should have been, because the restriction did not know exactly until the NTSB publishes its provisional report.
The Blackhawk was a routine military training flight. Why the DCA helicopter stood so close, helicopters flies from the military, government and law enforcement authorities routinely at low heights along a corridor after the Potomac river. Without the NTSB, which is still referring, we have to speculate about what went wrong, but I will try to answer a few basic questions.
People noticed how brilliant the land lighting on the CRJ and asked how the Blackhawk managed to meet it. However, you have to understand that the video that became viral was not the angle that the helicopter saw. It approached from the side and position, strobbobes and beacons can be very simple in the lights of a city.
Second, because helicopters climb in a nose-deep posture, the Blackhawk probably did not have a direct visual line of sight for the CRJ. Why did the military team inform the air traffic control that they had the traffic in sight? It seems that they have incorrectly identified a regional jet who further undermines their situational consciousness. For more context, the Blackhawk crew flew under visual flight rules, which means that it was the responsibility to see and avoid traffic.
Summarize it, it appeared (Although nothing is certain) that the Blackhawk climbed the wrong traffic in sight and incorrectly in the regional jet without ever seeing it. This would make this a very tragic case of pilot errors.
Unfortunately, Democrats and pressed members have decided to flee from the fact pattern above and to play politics instead. Several contributions were published on social media and tried to accuse the Trump administration for the crash.
For the families pray and ask. https://t.co/uy0ezwj2S1 pic.twitter.com/i8artunm8b
– Norma Torres (@standard4conger) January 30, 2025
“Principles first” means unfounded that an aircraft crash is the fault of the SECDEF, which has had the job for five seconds pic.twitter.com/qfxnf8uhkv
– Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@jerrydunleavy) January 30, 2025
– The list of accounts your phone need (@listcomesesforall) January 30, 2025
I wanted to avoid being political, but the Democrats give me little choice. For the beginning, the Trump administration and their guidelines had Absolutely nothing to do with this crash.
Is there an ATC deficiency? Yes, there is and we will come. Has it been caused by an action by the Trump government that was initiated? Eight days before? There is no planet on which this is true. In eight days, they do not train as a air traffic controller, let alone, they would be assigned to one of the highest sectors in the country.
But if Democrats want to go down this street, we can. What caused the current ATC deficiency? The Biden administration, which received its diversity programs created by the Obama government, rejected over 3,000 qualified applicants who did not meet the DEI standards. How do we know that? Because it led to one Main expenditure complaint It still takes time.
Huerta announced plans for transformation [the FAA] in a more diverse and integrative workplace that reflects, understands and relates the diverse customers. “
In other words, the FAA set too many white guys!
You will never guess what his proposed solution was … pic.twitter.com/ptpirhgktk
– Patrick Casey (@Restororderusa) January 30, 2025
Huerta announced plans for transformation [the FAA] in a more diverse and integrative workplace that reflects, understands and relates the diverse customers. “
In other words, the FAA set too many white guys!
You will never guess what his proposed solution was … pic.twitter.com/ptpirhgktk
– Patrick Casey (@Restororderusa) January 30, 2025
In other words, democratic presidents provided DEI about security and deleted thousands of people who could have solved the defect because their skin color did not match the political wishes of the left. This is what the Trump administration tries to fix by eliminating diversity quotas at the FAA. So if the Democrats want to go this way to blame, the Republicans should be content to do. It will not work well for the former.
After this was said it not It seems that ATC was primarily to blame here. There can be questions about how much separation could begin and an examination will find out everything. In the meantime, these attempts to accuse a presidential administration that is in office for eight days. They are also creepy and disgusting.
