11:00am local closed until 11:003m local time, and closed until 11:00am local time, and it is so that time, and it is 1:30am, so that is another ten and a half hours. reagan international an area that is very airport is an area that is very,” to the us capitol, convenient to the us capitol, the white house area, —-—— dc, it is the 7 -7— port of choice for congress, obviously, and of congress, obviously, and many if i would be to 7 77 out for 7 out for the 7 out for the so,7 fly out for the weekend. so, it will be disruptive, will be terribly disruptive. the main here will but the main. grierity here will? ..- .- 7 ~ .- - this but the main. grigrity here will..- ..- .- . .. .- - this rescue be this search and rescue is happening in situation that is happening in middle the potomac the middle of the potomac just next to the thanks very much for that, steve, we come back to

a in the 7 a in the meantime, heard from the american we have heard from the american airlines ceo who recorded a airlines ceq who—has recerded a a statement in 7 this 7777thisfatal response to this fatal crash. first and importantly i first and most importantly i would like to deep would like to express deep sorrow about events. this sorrow about these events. this is a difficulty for the is a difficulty for all the buzz at american airlines and efforts are now focused on the efforts are newfesused eh the of our efforts are nowfosused on the of our passengers, crew needs of our passengers, crew members, first members, partners, first responders along with their and loved ones. we are families and loved ones. we are cooperating fully within the coopereting fully within the transportation safety ejt'fflfil tf§ héfififtst'fifi at??? 777 m fifth“? tféfisfif�*ftét'fi" 5??? 777 in its fifth“? tféfisfif�*ftét'fi" §§�*§*¥ 777 in its investigation and continue to provide all we can. our is without pause we wa nt we want to learn everything about today’s extents. members of our go team will be on their way to washington, dc, the statement from american airlines there.

looks good back press time and we conference. time and again we had conditions had the horrific conditions that rescue teams, the that the rescue teams, the rescue assets have to work and have to remember also it we have to remember also it and gives a picture describes and gives a picture of what conditions those on ef whet seheitiehs theseen . .. ... .. ... the ef whet seheitiehs theses" . ~ ... ~ ... the aircraft went ef whet seheitiehs theme" . ~ ... ~ ... the aircraft went into. board the aircraft went into. that had to endure if they are still in the water. the emergency chiefjohn donnelly said there wind, there are said there is wind, there are pieces of ice on the and 7there . . 7there is: . 7there is: not . 7there is: not a . 7there is: not a lot of you ere e eee e —: ee you out 7 you out there 7 tight. yee ere eet there—r? . ~ . every square inch of he: 7 these are very the}; so maggy” space. these are very tough conditions for rescuers to dive an from in. alsoen appeal from the for people in. alsoen eppeet from the for people to let mgyorfzorpeople to let to get to the search resbeheers to bet to the seerth——— ~~ . . .. . what more resbbhbers tb bet tb the seerbh——— ~~ . . .. . what more can resbbhbers tb bet tb the 55555... ~~ . . ~ . what more can you ' until a few. ago

' until a few- ago was river until a few days ago was frozen over. it has been very cold here. we had significant snowfall here and we can have a u nfortu nately had unfortunately had a warmer gofunfortunately had a warmer yesterday but —— and day yestexbey bbt —— and had a warmer day day yestexbey bbt —— ehb itad a warmer day day yestexbey bbt —— end it is a warmer day yesterday. it is definitely of ice in the what river pieces of ice in the what river the officials indicated and as the officials indicated they expect to be out there days and was also days and as was also indicated the news the at the news conference, the mayor and others were asked 7 about whether about whether any repeatedly about whether any survivors have been rescued or whether anybody is been found. survivors have been rescued or whei declined >dy is been found. survivors have been rescued or whei declined to is been found. survivors have been rescued or whei declined to answer found. survivors have been rescued or whei declined to answer that1d. we heard the us but we heard from the us senators from kansas, state senators from kansas, the state from this aircraft had senators from kansas, the state from off, this aircraft had senators from kansas, the state from off, with aircraft had senators from kansas, the state from off, with 60 craft had taken off, with 60 passengers on board, saying they have lost 7

have lost 60: believe they have lost 60 from kansas in this people—from—kenses in this nothing we had crash. nothing official, we had early reports on local media in the washington, area seeing the washington, dc area seeing four are, four four bodies are, four people have been to out alive, but there is no official confirmation of that and local media has been backing away from that. it may be many hours from that. it may be many hbbrs we have anything before werhave anything and as was noted, cbs is reporting 18 news is eeet'g tie beeiee been news is eeet'g tie beeiee been out news is seat-g l�*s besies been out of the have been pulled out of the river. , , ., , river. just to remind viewers ma or river. just to remind viewers - mayor muriel _ river. just to remind viewers - mayor muriel bowser . river. just to remind viewers i - mayor muriel bowser would confirm at all, not confirm that point at all, refusing to comment on the rescue efforts. let's go back the cc-eorah ofthe to the geography of the area. we know and are learning just how congested the airspace is . dc. . . 7 dc. but ' 7 7 dc. but a 7 7 dc. buta lot

over washington, dc. but a lot of this, most of the activity is on the river itself, the riser. iwhen went down 7 7 7went'downinto 7 7 7went7downinto the aircraft went down into the river overnight, sort of “if? figeffi'fihfghetegfffit 77777 7777 77 would there have been activity would there have been there? is a lot of e". thaa’ ls a let sf rises " ' ~ you a". thaa’ ls e lat af rises " ' ~ you are a". ”aa? ls e lat af ises " ' ~ you are local, a". ”aa? ls e lat af isea aa a aa you are local, you traff'a’vas ea's iaaeisa-a �* the area traff'a’vas ea-"s iaaeisa-a �* the area so traff'a’vas eaa iaaeisa-a �* the area so well. traff'a’vas ea-"a iaaaisa-a �*the area so well. how traff'a’vas eaaa iaaaisa-a �*the area so well. how much know the area so well. how much impact will it have on the economy of the river, how as it used by 7 as it used by the 7 widely as it used by the locals? ., , , locals? probably more recreational _ locals? probably more recreational use - locals? probably more recreational use in - locals? probably more recreational use in the locals? probably more - recreational use in the summer, there are barges that go up and 7777 the rive7r 7 the rive7r but 7 the rive7r but that down the rise r—bbt that won't a down the—river—bbt—that won't a significant impact, the bee significant imbast, the is going bee significant impact, the is going to be with impact is going to be with commercial aviation, perhaps commercial aviation, aperha pa cargo flights commercial aviation, aperha as cargo flights i some cargo flights and i can tell you that we george �* route coming §——e the city 7 the city parallels 7 the city parallels the 7 into the city parallels the airport the river so it airport and the river so it will be very interesting to see

will aa aaa; interesting ta aaa all will aa aaa; intafasting ta saa all the will aa aaa; intafaating ta aaa all the rescue vehicles there now if that part of out there now if that part of the george washington parkway will be open for the morning 2.27;.77 it seems it7seems like ggeggggbr. lt seems like it ggsb—zhgur lt seems like it would not perhaps it would not be considering airport itself mm- m closed until 7have 11am and of course we do have the other dulles ara aeraa a'aeaaa psiiaa airport which is internationalaitport which is out of town. so for further obtof town. so for making travel plans if people making travel plans if you had to get into the you really had to get into the washington, dc area, today, you washington. dc area. today. ybb come in via dulles could come in via dulles international airport or the airpoi't which is international airport which is north of dc. tote north of washington dc. we will leave i there — north of washington dc. we will leave i there for _ north of washington dc. we will leave i there for now. - north of washington dc. we will leave i there for now. thank . very much. to remind you very much. to remind viewers us here on bbc viewersjoining us here on bbc this is our breaking news, airlines and american airlines flight has collided midair a

has collided midair with a black hawk helicopter skies of washington, over the skies of washington, dc, aircraft then dc, both aircraft then crashing into the potomac river, the jet was 60 passengers, was carrying 60 passengers, four on four crew members on the had three us army helicopter had three us army soldiers on board. around 300 emergency responders are in rescue mode is what we have just learned following an press c0 nfe re nce press co nfere7nce held official press conference held at the reagan national we 7 we have 7 divers airport. we have police divers and boats the waters and boats searching the waters of the potomac river. president trump also responded to trump has also responded to this news, a statement this news, posting a statement on his true social account.

why didn't the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. this is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. "not good!!!" he's also a former captain for delta airlines and has thank you very much for us thank you very much for us�*jj news. we are us on bbc news.~we are starting more to learn more and more information. what did you take away from that press

away from ..-..b .bb first of all, very things. first of all, very briefly, trump was commentsjust comments just how not comments just shows how he doesn't know about much he doesn't know about aviation. several of the things asiatibn. seseral of the lji'li'lga— .. .. . .. . . , said not asiatibn. seseral of the thinbsa aa aa a aa a a , said not factual. he he said are not factual. he needs to stick to politics and geeds to stick to politics and out accident stay out of accident investigation, i would stay out of accident investigation, iwould be stay out of accident investigation, i would be happy to talk him later about here's what is really thet. here's whet is really a aa a aa everything they said thet. here's whet is really a aa a aa the everything they said thet. here's whet is really a aa a aa the press verything they said thet. here's whet is really a aa a aa the press conferences ey said in tna’e’ra’aa teanraneaa it is you expect helpful, it is what you expect early on in investigations. they cannot commit to things have a ' 7 ' "bayesian" 7 7 have a full account they don't have a full account to. i know it is frustrating, i �*itis �* it is frustrating for anew it is frabataaetainag fer aaaaaaaaaaaaa to anew it is frabatreting fara aa aa to hear that, but i families to hear that, but i was not surprised at all. at may said. are everything may said. these are the things you hear early on in the things yes hear earlya-ha .. aa aa aaa a investigation. the things yes hear eariye'ha aa aa aa aaa a investigation. obviously an investigation. obviously quite to contrary of what

quite to the contrary of what trump said, if you president trump said, if you look at there's all kinds look. at that there's all kinds aaa a aa a a aaa a aa a this of information that this 7:7- one of information that this 7717 one thing interestin - interestin- is interesting is that 7 interesting is that there find interesting is that there are media reports coming aye some media reports coming where you could see out there where you could see photos of the in some photos of the wreckage in the river and some reports from the riser and some aebbrts from aa a a abc the riser and some rebbrts from aa a a abc saying the riser and some aebbrts from aa a a abc saying we have think abc news saying we have talked to local hospitals in and they have received the area and they have received no from this accident. no victims from this accident. lot of people have been a lot of people have been removed the water. this in removed from the water. this in fact be a truly fact might be a truly catastrophic accident. catastrophieeecieentaa aa aa to make sure we qualify as you said had had no that, as you said we had had no confirmation of that, those are reports. as for get ...-. .-. ...°.f . . 77of7that ' ' 7 7 7 of that we 77§1iiét qawiu' 7751ii§t q'e'wiu' of confirmation of that we will of course verify that and bring it to our viewers. that's good back to possibly what going back to possibly what is going on in the itself,

on in the water itself, wreckage in the water. we do that the focus has been on one particular concentrated on one particular area in river. i don't know you eeaia a you can add any more context �*detail. when �* detail. when aircraft of detail. \.a.lhen enaeircrafta .. . a water of detail. \.a.lhen enaeircrafta a . a water body, we er detail. when enaeircareftaa aa a a water body, we have had hits a water body, we have had reports of fuselage split 7 split into. 7 split into. are 7 split into. are the 7 has split into.aa�*w’hat are the of what goes on in an mechanics of what goes on in an aircraft hits the water?— aircraft hits the water? from hiuher aircraft hits the water? from higher altitudes _ aircraft hits the water? from higher altitudes like - aircraft hits the water? from higher altitudes like this, - couple of hundred feet. even a couple of hundred feet, hitting the water is very similar to hitting concrete. it similar to hitting concrete. lt not a cushioning is not a cushioning sitbation. is not a cushioning sitbation. is very violent. why it is very violent. why be aircraft into could aircraft split into could simply be because the the simply be because the way the helicopter hit it had an in—flight or it could in—flight break—up or it could been hitting water is —e the 7 discussing i!!! mm aeroplane broke up, the point it's very and it is

is it's very violent and it is a large g force involved. the of energy transmitted 7-477 the cabin of the through the cabin of the aeroplane into the victims, some people a lot of times, a 300 foot drop, simply do not survive that because the force is involved with of force that is involved with such a sudden _ of force that is involved with such a sudden got experience as a also got experience as a while experience the 7 the aviation industry. i a �*a goes down in water if a plane goes down in water and thankfully this is, it could be a blessing, we will learn azzaoui as go by, learn more azzaoui as go by, the water we understand is shallow in the potomac fairly shallow in the potomac river. how long would oxygen a plane7 7 a plane l7ying 7 a plane l7ying in 7 water or does it feel it depends on fairly quickly? a; a...

the angle between is resting on water. if it is nose down the water. if it is nose down there might be trapped within aeroplane towards the 7 there would be ea'l'he thaaa §ael7§7§§7 77 77 that aa'l'he thaaa §fi51§75§7 77 77 that way. breathable air up that way. if the aeroplane were whereas if the aeroplane were more level or nose up then the entire position, then the entire fuselage was full with water. depends on the bee] 7 -7 7-- �* it is the water.7 really hpw it is in the water. really biggest problem is the the biggestproblem here is the and the g 7 -77 that 7 hitting7 water at that attitude hitting concrete, that could be immediately fatal. if not, temperatures like this, water temperatures like this, just have ten minutes or we just have ten minutes or so, maybe 15 or less to survive that temperature of water if you even survive the initial fall. it is very lt fall. it is very difficult. it is described as the hour. 7 ital an; 7 7 hour. could we come to

golden hour. could we come to the conclusion that hour is the conclusion that one hour is now over? it now certainly, in my most certainly, in my paramedic days talk about golden there 7 7 7 there is 7 7 7 there is a traditional hour, there is a traditional trauma scenario where we have auto and so forth. is far more challenging seiafaiaaa—eatj—a7— 7 the7amount of force and the amount of force involved. this is and of times far more hundreds of times far more than �*typical auto accident your typical auto accident where you might have a 15 20 where you might have a 15 or 20 g collision. this could 100, 7 200 and g stop so lot enery - n e i’ ll 7e7ii7iei 7 7 7 7 7 enery : aaaaa§ae§a§7§7a§777 be....,b.,,...b more energy transmitted and a of people in aircraft lot of people in aircraft accidents like this, i'm not accidents liice this. l'm netaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa this is accidents liiee this. l'm net aaa aa a aa this is what happened seeing this is what happened but you have a drop of 300 you 5i§7hle77 eca:aa:” you might have a g feet you might have a g impacted die impacted people can die from the so we d7on't know yet. if alone. so we don�*t know yet. it are no or if

there are no survivors or if there are no survivors or if there are no survivors or if there are autopsies there are fatalities, autopsies will be done and will determine those things. that is part of the evidence. that will go into the evidence. that will go into the report because is the report because that is information that can sometimes be valuable for the investigation. be valuable for the investiuation. �*, ., ., ,, investigation. let's go to us aviation history. _ aviation history. airport regulations are in blood. where does written in blood. where does that originate from how that originate from and how does that fit in the us does that fit in with the us safety records? safety aviation records? certainly the commercial safety record? that idea comes from that historically _ record? that idea comes from that historically we _ record? that idea comes from that historically we have - record? that idea comes from that historically we have the l that historically we have the national transportation safety board has investigated accidents, made accidents. made....... and has recommendations. and has not been responsive to those always been responsiseto those for various 7

reasons. there is a long list of reasons. a similar accident of reasonsa.a.a. similar accident they the same occurs, they make the same and sometimes occurs, they make the same recommendation sometimes occurs, they make the same recommendation is metimes occurs, they make the same recommendation is made|es this recommendation is made several times and finally they respond to it. changes are made, regulations and changed, thatis made, regulations and changed, that is when it comes from sometimes it takes one or multiple accidents for regulations to change, hence where that term comes from, in 7i7n77b7lood. 7 7 written in blood. it is some 16 ears written in blood. it is some 16 years - that _ written in blood. it is some 16 years - that has _ written in blood. it is some 16 years - that has been - written in blood. it is some 16 years - that has been a i years since that has been a on a us commercial take us through the safety ake us through the safety aviation trough the safety aviation safety the us safety aviation safety record and the significance of incident. a .. record and the significance of incident. a ., ., ., this incident. we have had an amazin: this incident. we have had an amazing safety _ this incident. we have had an amazing safety record. - this incident. we have had an amazing safety record. it - this incident. we have had an amazing safety record. it wasj amazing safety record. it was outside of that was an outside of buffalo that was an accident where it stalled on final approach and crashed and everyone on board and killed everyone on board and one person on the we one person on the ground. we have had an amazing record here in the united states. there was

where a person got partially successful window en route on a south—westjet but not we call loss not what we call hull loss the whole aeroplane is whereatheawholeaeroplane is that is longest destroyed. that is the longest period we gone before we period we have gone before we have such tremendous as this. and a lot of tragedy as this. and a lot of that, most of that is related that, mostbfthat ls related the that, mostbfthatts related the amazing people involved. that, mostbfthatts related t faa, azing people involved. that, mostbfthatts related t faa, all 1g people involved. that, mostbfthatts related t faa, all of people involved. that, mostbfthatts related t faa, all of thatrle involved. that, mostbfthatts related t faa, all of thatrle in outtd. the faa, all of that work out there in states to there in the united states to keep aviation asif ali 77 a lot of 7 77 7 axles hard—working possible. a lot of hard—working a lot of great people, a lot of great procedures, and so procedures, training and so forth has been to do procedures, training and so forth has