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(NewsNation) — The National Transportation Safety Board is giving an update connected the investigation into a collision betwixt a rider level and an Army chopper that killed 67 people past week.
The crash happened aft a Black Hawk chopper carrying 3 soldiers collided with an American Airlines level that was approaching a landing astatine Reagan National Airport successful Washington, D.C.
Those connected committee the level included members of the U.S. and Russian fig skating communities. Of those connected board, 55 person been positively identified truthful far. Crews began pulling wreckage from the Potomac River connected Monday and began enactment to retrieve and place further victims.
The origin of the clang is nether investigation, with officials discouraging speculation adjacent arsenic President Donald Trump publically blamed diversity, equity and inclusion efforts for the clang contempt determination being nary grounds that DEI played immoderate role.
It's believed FAA staffing successful the aerial postulation power operation was little than ideal, and determination is conflicting accusation astir the helicopter's altitude earlier the crash. The unit did person night-vision goggles connected board, but it is not known if they were wearing them astatine the time.
Questions person besides been raised astir an summation successful postulation into Reagan Airport adjacent arsenic the FAA has struggled with a shortage of aerial postulation controllers. There person besides been questions astir wherefore a chopper was being allowed to run successful specified adjacent proximity to rider planes.
The FAA instituted impermanent airspace restrictions astir the airdrome pursuing the crash. It is not wide however agelong they volition stay successful place.
