Immediately over the Potomac, 2,400 feet from the runway, the plane’s radio transponder became quiet. As of this writing,
Media outlets are claiming that emergency personnel raced to the area and removed at least 19 dead from the river in the hours after the tragedy.
Unresolved Issues with What Went Wrong Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) verified that the mid-air collision happened at around 9:00 p.m. local time.
According to NBC News, Flight 5342 had left Wichita, Kansas, and was getting ready to land in Washington when it collided with.
A Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk helicopter that had taken out on a normal training flight from Fort Belvoir in Virginia. Early Thursday morning, President Donald Trump described.
