Donald Trump blames Democrats and DEI for fatal Washington mid-air collision
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Donald Trump accused Democrats and Diversity, including a clash between a commercial plane and a military helicopter, killed 67 people outside Washington.
Without citing evidence, the President said that his “common meaning” was that the accident on Wednesday was caused by his predecessors.
“There are no survivors,” Trumpet On Thursday, the journalists told the tribune for the first time in his second presidency in the briefing room of the White House.
The American Airlines regional flight, which was exploited by PSA Airlines of his subsidiary, originated in Kansas town. The Bombardier Crj700 plane took its approach at the Washington National Airport when it faced with the US Army Sikorski H-60 ​​Black Hawk Helicopter. Killed in the Potomac RiverA number
Fuselage of commercial plane has been found in three pieces of water. The American flight had 60 passengers on board and four staff members, and three servicemen were black.
Trump, who collided with his vice president and new secretaries and transport secretaries, began his comments on the unity of the unity of the Congregation, when “the differences between Americans do not fade away.”
But he quickly started against a political attack DemocratsAnd saying that former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden have reduced the standards for which he was allowed to qualify for an air traffic controller.
“I first set security, Obama, Biden and Democrats first first put politics. A number of a number and their policies were even worse. “
He said that “We want the brightest, the most brightest, the simplest for the air traffic controller. We want someone psychologically excellent, “adding that” I don’t think “heavy disabilities” should be air traffic controllers.
After accusing the air traffic controllers, he focused on the black baza staff.
“Did you have a pilot problem in terms of a helicopter because it was visually?” It was a very simple night. A number of American Airlines plane flipped lights, “Trump said.
“I have helicopters. You can stop the helicopter very quickly. It was able to climb or descend, he had the ability to turn, and it was not right, “he added.
US defense representatives noted that the Black Hokk flows on the usual training by experienced staff.
Trump said the investigators were trying to determine that the troops used to use night vision equipment that “can change your view” from the rooster. The Defense Officer said that the army cannot confirm, the staff carries night vision glasses.
The Minister of Defense Pete Hegchet stated that the three helicopter soldiers “trained the daily night flight on the standard corridor for the continuation of the state mission.” The troops included a young pilot, staff sergeant and two main guarantees.
“Tragically, went wrong last night. A number of kind of rise have been a problem that we immediately began to investigate DOD and army level, “he said, adding that what happened was” absolutely unacceptable. ”
John Cozol, US Army Aviation Expert, said he had given the experience of flight staff. “This should not have been a problem, knowing where they are.
He called the corridor “is relatively easy to fly” and said that the helicopter route was taken about every day by other government planes.
Earlier on Thursday, officials reported that those responsible have resumed 28 bodies from the American flight and many from one body.
Trump said Russian citizens are under flight, and the United States will contribute to the repatriation of their bodies. There was no direct air travel between the United States and Russia since the full invasion of Moscow in Ukraine.
Serious aviation accidents are rare in the United States. The latest major accident involved in the US trading plane was in 2009 when 49 people were killed on Colgan Air flight, which collided with a house near New York Buffalo.
Trump urged people to continue to fly.
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