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Reagan National Airport crash: Military Black Hawk helicopter collides midair with American Airlines jet
https://www.foxnews.com/us/reagan-national-airport-crash-military-black-hawk-helicopter-collides-midair-american-airlines-jet

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A massive search and rescue effort is underway after an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines jet at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on Wednesday evening.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan National Airport around 9 p.m. local time.

PSA was operating as Flight 5342 for American Airlines, and it departed from Wichita, Kansas. There was no immediate word on casualties or the cause of the collision.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News' Sean Hannity that President Donald Trump is aware of the situation, calling it tragic. Trump later released a statement, writing: "I have been fully briefed on the terrible accident which just took place at Reagan National Airport. May God Bless their souls. Thank you for the incredible work being done by our first responders. I am monitoring the situation and will provide more details as they arise."

An American Airlines commuter airplane crashed with a helicopter near Reagan National Airport.
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Not attaching blame, full or partial, to the ATCs, but this is some of the context for Trump's comments yesterday about LIEden's and Butti-something-or-other's FAA ATC hiring standards:

FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race — that contributed to staffing woes

https://nypost.com/2025/01/31/us-news/faa-embroiled-in-lawsuit-alleging-it-turned-away-1000-applicants-based-on-race/

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The Federal Aviation Administration is fighting a class-action lawsuit alleging it denied 1,000 would-be air traffic controllers jobs because of diversity hiring targets — as it was revealed that staffing levels were “not normal” at the time of this week’s deadly midair collision.

Complaints about the FAA’s hiring policies resurfaced after the American Airlines passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, killing 67 people in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter-century.

Details of the litigation re-emerged, too, as Andrew Brigida, the lead plaintiff in the suit filed in 2015, suggested the federal aviation agency’s obsession with diversity hiring and inclusion had only ensured that an accident was likely to happen.

When I had my brain tumor removed, I did not care about the neurosurgeon's skin color, ethnic heritage, or how (s)he used their reproductive plumbing. Those and other factors should not be qualifications for hiring ATCs. Mental ability, stability, and stamina are what matter and if qualified candidates are supplanted by problematic candidates it invites disasters.

Whether LIEden//Butti-something-or-other lower standards mattered in the Reagan National crash is not known.
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Not attaching blame, full or partial, to the ATCs, but this is some of the context for Trump's comments yesterday about LIEden's and Butti-something-or-other's FAA ATC hiring standards:

FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race — that contributed to staffing woes

https://nypost.com/2025/01/31/us-news/faa-embroiled-in-lawsuit-alleging-it-turned-away-1000-applicants-based-on-race/

When I had my brain tumor removed, I did not care about the neurosurgeon's skin color, ethnic heritage, or how (s)he used their reproductive plumbing. Those and other factors should not be qualifications for hiring ATCs. Mental ability, stability, and stamina are what matter and if qualified candidates are supplanted by problematic candidates it invites disasters.

Whether LIEden//Butti-something-or-other lower standards mattered in the Reagan National crash is not known.

Dang, that lawsuit goes back to 2015, under Obama.  At minimum, the indication is that such ordered diversity contributed to the under staffing that seems to be a major focus in the investigation right now. 

https://nypost.com/2025/01/30/us-news/air-traffic-controller-was-doing-the-job-of-two-people-during-crash-faa-says/

Wait and see as more details come out. 
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