and if you don't do something about it, it tells you what to do. now, the question is, was the tcas system on the helicopter turned on? was the transponder turned on? you know, this was a training flight. i don't know. i think we're going to find that the helicopter is at fault here. the commercialflight, the american airlines flight was doing everything correctly. on, then there's no signal to pick up.

live from london, this is bbc news. we are continuing coverage of our breaking news from the us. an american airlines flight has collided we can show it to you now, but we should warn you, these images were filmed by a webcam from the earthcam network at the kennedy centre in washington. we have put a red circle around what we understand to be the american airlines flight — the military helicopter any evasive action — and then there is a bright what we believe to be

the american airlines flight there are no indications that it is in any difficulties at this stage. and that is the moment when there is an apparent let us show you the live from those seen. at pictures frem those seen. at nine p m local time, airlines 5432 a with a military helicopter, to the according tothe federal administration. a aviation administration. a flight from wichita, flight departing from wichita, kansas, carrying four crew. it

took off from a fort in three us soldiers virginiesthree us setciiers on board, according cbs were on board, according to cbs news. faa said it will investigate the incident é�*the together the national transportation we transportation safety board. we have had any official word have not had any official word on casualties yet, but cbs news reporting that 18 bodies is reporting that 18 bodies have pulled from the water have been pulled from the water and 60 passengers four crew and 60 passengers and four crew were on board, according to american airlines, another on board 7 on board the " ah'ssaéd'ii}; lsifisérd ” {arsenic lsfiisérd ea three on board the bombard ea crj—700. international flights. it's right next to the potomac river and not

farfrom the pentagon — where the department of defense is based. sorrow about these events. we're cooperating fully with the national learn everything we can about today's events. members of our go team will be on their way to washington, who is understood to have been on the plane. i'm just praying that somebody is pulling her out of the river that is all i can pray for. i'm just praying to god. she texted me that they were landing in 20 minutes.

can you show us the text message? "landing in 20 minutes." the rest of my texts didn't get delivered. i realised something might be up. studio: waiting desperately for his wife, many in that j in that situation, 5 in that situation, with others in that situation, with passengers on board that 60 passengers on board that let us return to the plane. let us return to the live we understand that live scene. we understand that about 300 emergency responders are currently mode, are currently in rescue mode, with police divers and boats in windy, searching in extremely windy, dark, freezing conditions. the water are around or 2 derees, with 11» bits one or 2 degrees, with 1a bits of ice. normally, this scene is completely dark, but it is lit up completely dark, but it is lit up �* with the

up now with the lights of all those responders. those emergency responders. this extensive search and rescue operation currently téi—ia—sway way in the 5 river under way ihhepa�*a"a= psiver very late under way ihhepa�*a"a= bi“4er very late into the night were very late into the night washington, dc. emergency in washington, dc. emergency chiefjohn is servlces chieflohn donnelly is that conditions warning that conditions are extremely rough little extremely rough with little and icy polite and icy temperatures. seen workers we've seen rescue workers over parts of the climlupgaogier narts of the flight that have commercial flight that have broken up into the water. very difficult conditions there. 300 responders in rescue aiiiciais mode. release officials have told the bbc�*s us partner cbs news that 18 bodies have been recovered, but there is no official update on casualties. the collision on ibscollision happened on to runway 33 at reagan approach to runway 33 at reagan airport. this was washington airport. this was about 9:00am local time to the federal according to the federal aviation not aviation administration. not that information at the sill ifiéi ififfiffiéfififi. bf. ebb. but sill ifiéf. ififfiffiéiififi. bf. ebb but we heard from moment, but we heard from an

eyewitness telling nbc eyewitness earlier, telling nbc washington that he �* the washington that he saw the plane crash while he was driving on the george washington parkway, which runs the airport. gnaw; " 7 77 7' w 7 517335 aphid? 77 7 and; a7ppro7a7ch77tha7t77 7 the plane's approach that normal until the site card the right with streams to the right with streams of sparks its belly. that paint that point he said he at that point he said he knew it looked very having it looked very wrong, having seen planes landing there in the past. said this box the past. he said this box resembled a giant roman legembled a giant roman candle. went from the plane's nose its tail. president ti it? till. be???“ bfifi§l§ 7 has bb ieb tbii. efbb'bbfif bbhbib 7 has said bb ieb ebii. efbb'bbfif bbbbib 7 has said he been trump has said he has been briefed on terrible fully briefed on the terrible accident and site he is monitoring it closely. in a statement, he said thank you for the incredible work being by first response and for the incredible work being president rsponse and for the incredible work being presidentjd onse and for the incredible work being presidentjd vance and for the incredible work being presidentjd vance has |d vice presidentjd vance has been asking for prayers, and 7 and7 7 and sean duffy pete hegseth ands-eon duffy in their posts for a have been inftheirfposts for a �* of hours say they are

matter of hours say they are monitoring the very monitoring the situation very we just heard closely. we just heard from the american airline ceo expressing american airtine (£9 expressing deep sorrow about the his deep sorrow about the collision in a video that has been posted on the website. details in, but not details coming in, but not many. we do know that this search and rescue effort is swing, 777s7wihg,7takin7g7 7 7 7 swing, taking place in the full swing, taking place in the water. we've heard that the is 7iz7qstn§77t7§e§77 7 7is77goi7ng7to7be77closed airport is going to be closed until at least 11 o'clock local untit at teaat it'n’cinckz'incat " ' " just a that this time. just a reminder that this passenger aircraft was carrying 64 people. it collided midair with a us army black hawk helicopterjust with a us army black hawk helicopter just outside with a us army black hawk helicopterjust outside of dc as the washington, dc as the commercial airline approached the defence officials, the airport. defence officials, we are waiting for more details about those that happened to on board. truth social account. in it he said, "the aeroplane was on a perfect and

routine line of approach to the airport. for an extended period of time." "were blazing, why didn't the helicopter go up or down or turn?" "why didn't the control tower tell the helicopter "what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane?" have been prevented." "not good!!!" it is very cold, icy conditions, and very dark. it is very cold, icy condii we ;, and very dark. it is very cold, icy condii we are 1d very dark. it is very cold, icy condii we are seeing dark. it is very cold, icy condii we are seeing are (. it is very cold, icy condii we are seeing are from lights we are seemdamfm ,- — —— — ~ responders lights we are seein5a=eémm ,- — —— — ~ responders on lights we are seemdamfm ,- — —— — ~ responders on the the emergency responders on the scene. airport entrances

closed. we have a on 77 77 on the we 77 744;er 7 7 77 77 77 vg’wririsg’sie'a’krag’ 77 77 77 iv;wrifsg’sie'a’krag’t; 77 77 w;7w7ill7be7spea7k7ihg7to7a77 who we will be speaking to a little �* stopped lgtleezarlier stooped have been the reporters have been on the at the scope of scene looking at the scope of rescue operation, fiscene looking at the scope of rescue operation, talking the rescue operation, talking about what to expect in days. this rescue coming days. this rescue operation is obviously going to take many hours in these conditions. there is no timeline on the investigation, first responders will be on the water for as as it takes water for as long as it takes to find those who were on the aircraft. the dc fire and ems john donnelly, said that we re were to7 find were to find one boats were guickto find one in the boats were goick'to find one in the and that aircraft in the river, and that he has been listening to the radio when the call in. he we don't know if there are survivors.

earlier lukwesa burak spoke to aviation consultant these sorts of things don't happen in the united states any more. something in the past, before the technology that's a system called tcas, which is traffic the last 20 or so 30 years. and all commercial aircraft are fitted with it and most military aircraft are fitted with it. so technically, it should never have happened. you said these sorts of tragedies don't happen any more

a commercial flight? i'd have to go back quite some decades, i can't recall one of the ones that actually prompted this by pacific southwest airlines, psa, based in san diego, returning to base, a 727, and a cessna. and the cessna came was on a training flight and it came up from underneath and hit the boeing 727. can do for us to develop a system.

the transponder signal that goes out to air traffic so what they aircraft also have is a receiver, which also and they alert the pilots of an impending, collision and they give the opposite advice to the other aircraft. butjust on the flight path, this helicopter was taking off. and in the last minute of its flight, it climbed

the vision or the map we have, to impact with this aircraft. the tcas, as you mentioned, that's that safety system on board. tcas, yes. to the left or right." whatever it is, why would it not have been talking oh, yes. look. there's an initial warning. "traffic, traffic." and if you don't do something about it, it tells you what to do. climb or descend. on the helicopter turned on?

was it functioning? you know, this was a training flight. perhaps it was a covert—style training flight. i don't know. is at fault here. the commercialflight, the american airlines flight was doing everything correctly. and, you know, if the other aircraft hasn't got its transponder turned on and its tcas turned studio: lights just studio: lightsjust to those live pictures of the scene, there is a flight is crashed into a river in washington, dc after it collided in midair without

us army a lib army helicopter. a reacué " " " under way lib". army heticopter. a reztué " ” " under way in operation under way in dc. this arlington, washington, dc. this arlington. very close to all the virginia, very close to all the buildings in the capitol. 301st responders, we understand, buildings in the capitol. 301st respo torrs, we understand, are .. buildings in the capitol. 301st respo to dealre understand, are .. buildings in the capitol. 301st respo to deal with derstand, are .. trying to deal with the situation there. we are told it very is very challenging conditions. washington, dc�*s emergency john says it is chiefjohn donnelly says it is extremely cold, dark, there is wind and pieces of ice on the water, and because there is water. and because there is not bit water, and because there is not bit of —— not a lot of light, a bit of" not a lot of light. out searching every you're out searching every inch, it is very tough 77 for7 for rescuers to dive conditions for rescuerseto dive there is very limited coming out information coming out any injuries or regarding any injuries or even and it is very deaths, and it is very difficult me emergency difficult for me emergency responders to 0bviously responders to update. obviously a huge amount of media this. but passenger

in this, but the passenger plane it this crj—700, coming from bombardier crj—700, coming from wichita, kansas and carrying 60 teiichita. vans" and carroing 5.9 ~ — — ——— ~— ———— e and wichita. vanfaf and fans 59 ~ 4 , .-, ,.- w. 4 and four crew. the passengers and four crew. the helicopter took off helicopter involved took off from virginia, but three us we re were on that. soldiers were on that. 0bviously, safety teams are on the site, together with the ibbe'bbbitfbbbbbfebeibh bbfo’f 7 7 7 7 7 airport is closed at least 11 o'clock local until at least 11 o'clock local time. cbs, the bbc news' sister in the us that station inrthe lisreports that have been pulled from 18 bodies have been pulled from the water. early reports in us media the passenger plane media says the passenger plane could be split in half, and helicopter 7 helicopter was upside down the helicopter was upside down in the water. so, that search

and rescue operation very much i 77: 7way. way. these 7 way. these images7 us us for the 77 77 us for the past 77 77 us for the past few 77 77 us for the past few hours. 77 conditions. all of difficult conditions. all of those families of the on those families of the people on board the plane and the helicopter waiting helicopter desperately waiting about their loved for news about their loved ones. heard earlier from the gpgggigie heard earlierfrom the one of the people on husband of one of the people on saying that he is just board, saying that he is just that his wife is being hqangtbat his wife is being right now. in the past we have heard from reuters news agency, the : 777777a7g7ency, saying 7 77 777777agency, saying that the russian agency, saying that the russian agency, saying that the russian figure skaters were on board the crashed us plane. let's speak to matthew cappucci, he's on his deck now he didn't see the crash, but he can report on what he can see now. just describe what but he can report on what he

can see�* and just describe what but he can report on what he can see�* and heard, ascribe what but he can report on what he can see�* and heard, you be what but he can report on what he can see�* and heard, you did vhat but he can report on what he can see�*and heard, you did not you saw andjneard, you did not the crash but you are out see the crash but you are out there afterwords. see the crash but you are out there afterwards.— there afterwards. yes, the crash there afterwords. yes, the crash happened _ there afterwords. yes, the crash happened just - there afterwords. yes, the | crash happened just before there afterwords. yes, the - crash happened just before nine o'clock, and shortly after, we know least 19 aircraft know that at least 19 aircraft were diverted to dulles the international about 25 kilometres airport about 25 kilometres north—west of what struck north—west of dc. what struck is that by 9:15pm, the air me is that by 9:15pm, the air space was i just space was silent; i' live just a the north of the space was silent; i' live just a the and 1 of the space was silent; i' live just a the and ordinarily |e space was silent; i' live just a the and ordinarily ir space was silent; i' live just a the and ordinarily i would hearing dozens of 7 7 hearing dozens of planes7 be hearing dozens of planes take off and land every hour. instead, the air was silent. 0n the ground, were sirens the ground, there were sirens everywhere, from all everywhere, coming from all directions. we know at least 3015t directions. we know at least 301st responders are actually working the right now. we working the scene right now. we had people coming in the had people coming in from the from the dc and north, from the dc and maryland the virginia side as 7 7 stce7nd7e7d 777 7 £55.13 the well. everyone descended on the scene. what strikes me is that is tough to tell, can scene. what strikes me is that is alligh to tell, can scene. what strikes me is that is all the to tell, can scene. what strikes me is that is all the red ell, can scene. what strikes me is that is all the red and can bee att the red andletes emergency flashing cmeraflhflf tights; ~ ,,. are books in river

there are books in the river working to extricate the ~ ~ ~ , ~ right now, but there wreckage right now, but there are additional lights on the other of the river. this the potomac riser. is the potomac river, which runs to south. to give runs north to south. to give folks a at home, the folks a bearing at home, the potomac river runs north potomac river ru nsfrorn north south. potomac river runsfrorn north south. the runway to south. the 7000 foot runway runs from north to south, that aircraft, because it is a regionaljet, it landed smaller regional jet, it landed on smaller regionaljet, it landed on the smaller it is on the smaller runway. it is only 5000 feet, compared feet, and it runs 7000 feet. and it runs to north—west. as a bbebbzbbbe tb bbfebzbbbe bb b i bbeefzbbbe eb fibrfhzeeif bb b i can bbebbzbbbe tb bbfebzbbbe bb b i can tell you meteorologist, i can tell you that the winds tonight were in that thesflnds tong“ were in so that themflds tong“ 44ere in so liked thatdireetien. so they liked into wind, it land into the wind, making it land into the wind, making it a more stable approach. they 7 7 ilahdirig7this77777777 7 7 ilahdirig7this77777on7 7 7 flan7di7r7ig7this77777on7runw7ay were landing this way on runway 33. that is why it had to cross river, and that the risers; and“? unfortunately intersection with unfortunately the aircraft, the he7licopter. give military helicopter. to give folks scale, this is incredibly close to the nation's capital. you can just barely see the us capital, the washington

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if they survived the that’if they survived the impact, commercial impact, they would have about ten to 15 minutes before would become it has been 5.5 hours fatal it has been 5.5 hours this occurred, and been einee this eeeerredeend been ~~ . confirmation. it is notconfirmation. it is to scenario difficult to imagine a scenario where this is not our recovery mission. the first five mission. within the first five to minutes, i looked out to ten minutes. i looked out and i saw the window, and i saw immediately flashing lights, im mediatelyrflas hing lig hts. so tha n im mediatelyrflas hing lights. so than this immedriatelyrflashing lights. so than this is more so than normal. this is washington, dc. the pentagon, 7al7l77t7he7u7s77 7 77 7 all the7 us intelligence77 7 were all the us intelligence happens, is this building right happeneeie this buitding right i am happenseis this buitding right i am in a in happenseis this buitding right iam ina ina here. iam in a building in a place, pentagon city, next 7:- he conveniently next to the airport, but the people in the much have motorcades, you you always hb’jb motorcades,. year have you always hays motorcades,. year have whether always have whether the president is going by our vip yo; 35 -3 : 1: 7 77 77 7you2lwa7ys77 77 you always see people,yoo'always'seepolice fire and but to

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