'Blackhawk helicopter was flying too high,' Trump says about mid-air collision near Washington
Media reports say more than 40 bodies have been recovered from wreckage after collision of commercial plane with military helicopter near Washington, DC
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HAMILTON, Canada
US President Donald Trump on Friday said the military helicopter that collided with a commercial plane midair was "flying too high."
"The Blackhawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot. It was far above the 200 foot limit. That’s not really too complicated to understand, is it?" Trump wrote on his Truth Social media account.
According to the Washington Post, an anonymous source said that more than 40 bodies have been recovered so far.
On Wednesday, an American Airlines airplane collided with a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport, just outside Washington, DC.
📹 A new video of the helicopter-plane crash near Washington, DC, shows the helicopter approaching the plane before the collision
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• President Trump previously blamed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) diversity requirements, as well as the helicopter's pilots
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Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas had 60 passengers and four crew on board when it collided midair with an Army Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers. Both aircraft crashed into the Potomac River.
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