What we know about the DC plane crash victims

[@renee6511]

My God please be with all who has lost their lives. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@DonnaC-w1f]

Why are military training exercises allowed in civilian passenger airspace? This should NEVER have happened! Train helicopter pilots in military base airspace ONLY. This is the army's fault 💯 %

[@PellyjellyMom]

Good question. Military air craft do practice landings at civilian airports in case they need to land there. If their base runway is destroyed or not near an area that needs protection, supplies or troop deployments they may need to use an alternative runway and practicing/training on different runways actually prevent accidents. This went terrible wrong though.

[@ronp-eb9bh]

Unfortunately that will never exists. Military pilots must have interaction with civil aviation ATCs for training and for ATCs to also have familiarity with accommodating military flight-loads (which can be quite heavier and bigger than civil cargo). For the military...it's called Live Environment Training. How else can our Special Operations Pilots gain a mastery of flying their helicopters in cities and inserting operators atop buildings - other than doing it in a real us city? Yes, this happens every year. Just had an exercise in a South Texas metro a few years ago and it scared the crap out of some people in the neighborhood who didn't remember that the exercise was going to happen. Many military airfields are now co-located with Civil aviation airfields. Just look at Fort Cazavos, TX. You have military and civil aviation sharing the same Airfield and airspace. It's essential, but our ATC's must have the proper staffing and our aviators must stay situationally aware.

[@melissastrecker4411]

My heart goes out to all the families who lost their loved ones in this incident. What an absolute nightmare & tragedy this is. I truly believe it could've been avoided. My whole stance on this is, what were the military even training at a civilian airport for? Why weren't they doing this on the base. Also, why was the transponder turned off on the helicopter?

[@darakinsey7775]

Prayers for the victims 💜

[@gringagrandma]

When my son was in the military, I told him to stay off of the helicopt ers. So many accidents with the helicopters.

[@jenivettebigham7060]

A few months ago there was a military helicopter accident in San Diego

[@chrisvermeulen1514]

the army helicopter flew right into the airplane

[@milan1969]

That’s how it looks. With everyone dead, the reason will never come out.

[@antonette2113]

why is the army helicopter flying towards the plane???...can't they see the plane thru their radar???

[@mikelord9860]

​@antonette2113 And the funny thing is, the radar showed both crafts in a head-on course! Looking at the EarthCam footage, it looked like a T-bone collision.

[@milan1969]

@ clear as day

[@karmahleone1196]

As if it was aiming for it!

[@LynnWaterfall]

Prayers going up. Peace

[@MargaritaMartinez-v5q]

My Condolences to Friends and Family

[@jennifercuffy337]

My condolences to all the families and friends. Rip🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@vanpearsall]

🙏 Prayers from Southwest Kansas

[@nobux717]

The jet plane didn't "Crash with a Blackhawk helicopter." A Blackhawk helicopter flew into the plane, causing both to crash.

[@HouseofTheRisingSun-i2k]

Ir's reported that the pilots in the helicopter had eyes on the plane and confirmed it, but say that they must have been looking at the wrong plane, the one that had just taken off from the airport. That plane was much further away at that point and flying up and out, and I guess I just do not comprehend how they didn't see the one headed in for a landing right in front of them.

[@AIMEEA2011]

Captain Steeeve on YT explains this exactly.

[@arleenmorlino4019]

Every time I hear those words ‘the Potomac River ‘ I remember the Boeing 737 plane crash that lost altitude I think only 1 person survived that plane crash …the Potomac river is cursed…

[@ronaldrobertson2332]

Six people survived in the Air Florida crash. Ice on the wings which caused it to lose lift.

[@arleenmorlino4019]

@ this is the plane that went down in the Potomac…the Air Florida plane went down in the Everglades

[@calvinhobbes6118]

@@arleenmorlino4019 Yes, it was Air Florida Flight 90 and 5 people survived. You do know there are these things called search engines, and you can get the facts by using it, yes?

[@normaesquillo5463]

Condolences to the family and friends of the FIGURE SKATERS.

[@milan1969]

Alexis showing her emotional side tells us everything. God bless the lost souls.

[@henrysantos7160]

Really sad and heartbreaking,

[@rosantundumula7368]

And just like that so many lives lost senselessly RIP my condolences to the families and friends

[@notcreatedequal]

💔💔💔😭😭😭🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💔💔💔😭😭😭🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 67 dead...28 loved ones found.....29 loved ones unaccounted for 😭💔🙏🏽🫂

[@KevinTallman]

United States government needs to redirect all military air training operations away from civilian air traffic so this incident is never repeated

[@Toupac1029]

I was on that same plane in June. Its a direct flight. Everyone was either from or visiting Wichita. This is horrible.

[@ParisbeeztalentsLLC]

Sorry families this is totally hurtful.

[@Padayachee]

Too sad.Condolences to all the families

[@williamvandekieft591]

Why are any aircraft crossing thru a short final approach? Incredible it took this long for total catastrophe. So very sad!

[@judichristophersen7238]

This is soooo sad 😢

[@CapricornDayz]

funding being cut as well as qualified people being fired...there's more of this to come.

[@Sirius39170]

This is why you don't apply DEI to jobs like doctors or air traffic controllers.

[@julie2735]

There were some not qualified.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

Please take your disgusting political agenda and take it back to whatever social media hellhole you crawled out from.

[@DonnaC-w1f]

Army's fault 💯 %

[@marywhelan1827]

I join Wichitans in praying. My God, help us all.

[@JustThankinJesus]

Just waiting for a list of victims, so I know if I knew any. And to give names to those being prayed for.

[@Survivin2Thrivin]

Same🙏💒🕊

[@christianebank5098]

My condolences to all 🙏🇩🇪❤❤

[@mariabono53]

We are having too many crazy tragedies. Hmm 🤔!

[@beyondview]

What other tragedies?

[@molls0922]

@@beyondview fires in California?

[@a.e.7988]

​@@molls0922that was self inflicted.

[@a.e.7988]

It's called neglect.

[@julie2735]

And North Carolina

[@tonykillingsworth9247]

Military should be banned from airspace anywhere close to an Airport !!!

[@sj_k4277]

So sad 😞 horrible tragedy

[@JohnGay-l2z]

Beyond desctiption the grief for the families. God be with them all.

[@lisajessick701]

The military will never be held accountable

[@andrewchung83]

does it take a tragic accident like this to realize there shouldnt be training exercises any where near flight paths? Multiple levels of people should not be doing their jobs

[@michaelaghmalone-hansen5656]

A letter was sent out from the County of San Mateo Airports to all employees, last week. It stated that as of Feb 1st the San Carlos Federal Contact Tower would be UNSTAFFED! Quote "This morning we were informed by FAA headquarters that the SQL tower will be unstaffed, starting Saturday Feb 1st. Our controllers last day, will be Friday January 31st. Given that the FAA is ultimately responsible for ensuring Air Traffic services at SQL, we requested temporary FAA staffing in the tower. HOWEVER, the FAA informed us this morning that they will NOT provide temporary personnel. The letter went on to say much much more about concerns for flight safety. Reports coming in are that the towers were SEVERLEY understaffed and had staff working 10+ hour shifts.

[@frankiem4062]

Sweetheart shut up. That has nothing to do with why the captain of the helicopter not seeing a plane and flying too high. Tell us you’re liberal without telling us you’re liberal😂

[@101GM8]

Blackhawk turned then hit the plane. Was it on purpose? Was it a mistake? Was it hacked?

[@TrueNorthNever51]

It was an accident! Just stop with the conspiracy BS. The world just watched your felon in chief blame dei for this! 🤮 disgusting…

[@RobinRockefeller]

It wasn't hacked .There is audio.They were In contact with the tower. They confirmed they had visual separation with the plane to the tower. They reconfirmed they were. It's beginning to look like they were looking at the wrong plane.

[@bootstrappedfriend1752]

​@@RobinRockefellerit's looking that way. I listened to the audio as well. 😢

[@julie2735]

I think so too, terrible .

[@user-zf5yy9kd3l]

Mk ultra

[@karenjackson324]

Please God comfort these families.

[@TabernacleTeacher]

Why training near an airport ????

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Kaloyev held Peter Nielsen (16 August 1967 - 24 February 2004), the sole air traffic controller in Switzerland who was handling traffic the night of the collision, responsible. In 2004, Kaloyev travelled to the Swiss town of Kloten, where he killed Nielsen, who had since retired from his air traffic control job at Skyguide. Also, Robin Wascher was never charged with homicide in 1991 mishap SHE caused at LAX. Wascher was responsible for 34 deaths.

[@annakoncz9413]

What this helicopter was doing in this place?

[@wildestdreams6887]

I hope there were no babies and children 😢this is so sad

[@nilabrandner433]

13year olds name released today. 💔💔😢😢

[@brendaross7955]

Prayers

[@ismetahodzic8888]

Not safe .enymore..to travel 😢😢😢😢

[@RueRue8723]

This is so terrible 🙏🏾📿

[@patriciastrang8747]

Why was the helicopter transponder turned off 😢

[@prettyblindeyes4375]

They know all who was on that flight for whatever reason they're just not releasing the information

[@NaplesMom239]

Horrendous and should have been avoidable

[@sashagarcia6205]

3:04 do you see it? WELL WHICH FUXKING ONE!! DEI ACT!!!!! the controller FUCKED UP BIG TIME

[@Princess-d4f3h]

Captain Steve video watch it about this terrible tragedy what might have happened

[@roman466]

Let’s just blame Trump the default for idiots

[@bootstrappedfriend1752]

???? Blaming Obama is the default for racist grandpa. When asked for proof the answer was it's just common sense. What a racist idiot. The military helo pilot crashed into a fixed wing. And it's Obamas fault. Ok, buddy.

[@Scarlet01812]

Well, he sure did blame everyone else

[@deniseandrews113]

The president for idiots too

[@jeepinfriend4958]

@@Scarlet01812not blame just pointing out out the obvious!

[@donnajohnson6062]

Blame everyone else but him

[@Soul_Flow_]

1:51, the hair....not professional at all

[@JenniferOviawe-bh7lv]

This is sad.

[@starry589]

May be there was someone on that plane! And coincidently- it crashed right above the river- avoided more damage if it is intentional!

[@oscarpompa4634]

This Lady in the white top says " we don't know who was on the plane" ! Back in Wichita, all 60 passengers showed their ID before boarding and the airlines keep records. We know exactly the names of every single person on that plane. It severely takes away from the credibility of the network when editors and producers allow this lady's false comment.

[@audreydaleski1067]

You can see the helecopterwill you show their skate routines while st camp? I'd love to see their skating

[@Catherinna-vo5fk]

Someone didn’t see the position of the chopper and plane

[@patriciageorge2916]

That's what it looks like. They had them both on a collision corse!

[@RobinRockefeller]

After hearing the dialog between the tower and helicopter, it looks like the helicopter was at fault. They confirmed with the tower that they had visual separation ,which means they saw the plane.And the tower asked them again and they confirmed again they had visual separation. However, it looks like they were looking at the wrong plane. So when they confirmed they saw the plane the tower directed them to fly behind it. . If they had been looking at the right plane that would have happened. Instead they flew into the plane because they weren't looking at the right plane.If they had been looking at the right plane this wouldn't have happened . This happened in a matter of seconds.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

@@RobinRockefeller Agreed, utterly foolish to be doing training missions like this at night with commercial jets landing. The Army needs to be held to SEVERE account for this. We the People need to be outraged at the fact they are putting civilians lifes at risk for no apparent reason.

[@imjamming]

Military training flight? novice pilot?

[@chrisvermeulen1514]

the army is in charge right?

[@margarethennig5363]

Helicopter young cocky pilot

[@markmaterio7130]

Crazy to fly anymore

[@Emmadamhanks7291]

Please don’t give up I have a feeling that one of the scatter are alive 😢

[@Zoeybunbun]

Cool……maybe Puk can run NIH?

[@brendaross7955]

Agree why helicopter there

[@khongjkc]

Training exercise near a busy airport 🙄 Training for covert missions for Israel Do you know how much people hate your military bases overseas?

[@dianaesparza1878]

So heart wrenching 😭extremely tragic 😔may they RIP🙏🏼❤️

[@chrisvermeulen1514]

but why..we ,ll read the purpose

[@Burner-nf8ki]

Not standard when people die.

[@audreydaleski1067]

We're they nose to nose?

[@audreydaleski1067]

You can see the helecopter

[@libraqueen1118]

That looks like it was done on purpose 👀

[@ismetahodzic8888]

Amin sorry 😢😢😢

[@BrucesLee-k4p]

It's It's horrible tragedy

[@leenad.9784]

Horrific I think traffic controllers fault as well.

[@loisfolk5492]

You don’t know that.

[@aliekatsmom]

No the Blackhawk was said he had visual on plane. Why did he hit it? The controller ask 2 times and the black hawk responded.

[@patriciageorge2916]

​@@aliekatsmomThe controller didn't specify what plane. There was more than one.

[@bootstrappedfriend1752]

​@@patriciageorge2916you should listen to the ACT audio. It would demonstrate that opinion is false.

[@RobinRockefeller]

Why? The helicopter confirmed they had visual separation. The tower even asked twice and they reconfirmed they had visual separation again. It looks like They had the wrong plane In their sight. They also were supposed to be at 200 feet and were at 400 feet. That's totally on them.Thats a rule for them that they broke. And they should have been paying attention to what else was around them at such a busy airport.

[@diesel551]

Black Hawks helicopter at fault Why are they flying through plane run way

[@Catherinna-vo5fk]

Shallow water

[@tadiafoster4460]

RIP

[@chrisvermeulen1514]

ARMY

[@roller6855]

So sad and so sad for Cheeto to push his political bs during this time my god

[@markosmarkos7978]

My prayers go out to the family's who lost a loved one. But with that said in my opinion the helicopter pilot did it on purpose. There's no way they didn't see that big airliner in the sky with blinking lights and I'm pretty sure the helicopter has a warning system for objects in flight path. On the video he flew straight into the plane with not turning or going right or left or up or down. This was a act of EVIL wicked person who had mental health issues and did this intentional. I'm sorry for the loss of innocent people and I pray that the Lord Jesus Christ gives you comfort and peace. Amen...

[@melodypoteat2813]

OUR MILITARY GIVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR COUNTY!!!

[@Mikomido5]

🙏

[@allhopeabandon7831]

120 ppl die every day in automobile accidents, but airline accidents hit us all as a country so much harder. I wonder why this is? They are so much more rare (at least they used to be before DEI started putting people where they don't belong). There have lots of close calls in the past 4 years in ATC and in flight logs. Thank God it's coming to an end.

[@OpnDoarPlcy]

Firstly, that was not a Blackhawk helicopter. There’s no evidence of there having been a Blackhawk present over a civilian runway.

[@teresab126]

❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@Judith-b3c]

People, Dosen't matter what they do.ie figure skaters.

[@jasonlox27]

remote control black hawk

[@MargaritaMartinez-v5q]

Watchin News Airplane crashed

[@BrucesLee-k4p]

✌️ ☮️ 🕊 🏳️‍ ✌️ ☮️ 🕊 🏳️‍ ✌️ ☮️ 🕊 🏳️‍ ✌️ ☮️ 🕊 🏳️‍ ✌️

[@BrucesLee-k4p]

Yes Yes Yes yes

[@JAYY_JAYY]

Voting has consequences Donnie immediately cut government workers . I wonder how many on board voted for Donnie ?

[@jeepinfriend4958]

Are you old enough to make these statements about our President? Really !! We put up with your lier in chief for four years now deal with it and grow up before you make statements like a child !

[@brendaross7955]

Why what happened when helicopter explode before Crash into plane

[@Scarlet01812]

Three letters don’t cause accidents

[@jeepinfriend4958]

No but you need to be qualified!! Not appointed

[@janegivero1641]

🥹🙏🌎

[@CapricornDayz]

blaming dei on this is like when they started calling black people lazy after slavery was so called abolished....

[@rancidiot]

67 die to dei

[@fouzifouzi3393]

May Allah help families and all Americans recover and heal healthy from this devastating tragedy and give them strength. This seems no one's fault it's just a tragic. If anyone to blane wiuld be th helicopter doing training which the pilot possibly got scared and lost control. Who knows?

[@manateeluvrfl7478]

Thanks for your prayers. So sad and scary.

[@TAKAチャンネル-m4v]

Fate is cruel. Was it inevitable for those whose lives came to an end? May they rest in peace.

[@siddysmith9952]

Trump is really bad luck. The man just fired the head of theTsa and coast guard. What do you expect. 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️

[@ronp-eb9bh]

It had nothing to do with luck. It all has to do with the competence of the pilots and the competence of the ATC person(s) involved in the incident. Other factors were likely weather, time of day, pilot health, and pilot frame of mind while in flight. That's it.

[@siddysmith9952]

@ronp-eb9bh you too are bad luck. Kust listen to yourself. In other words the pilots were sick? Pathetic 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️

[@audreydaleski1067]

He had four years to d o that his 1st term.

[@julie2735]

Don’t blame Trump, not his fault .

[@jeepinfriend4958]

@@julie2735The lier in chief revoked Trumps orders remember!!