we are staying with that because i don't think we that far away from at a news far away from it at a news conference beginning, that is scene of potomac river, isi is i see, it is called, 7 is i see, it is called, more 300 are than 300 emergency workersare there at the site. that still there at the site. that is the site of wreckage still there at the site. that is the site of the wreckage the plane has come the plane has came down where the plane has come down and know that it is broken a number of pieces as you into a number of? pieces as yeu expect. the into a number of? pieces as ycu expect. the helicopter 7 rwithin 7 7 7 7 rwithin the 7 largely intact within the river. they continue that jto to try to retrieve operation to try to retrieve all of the bodies there. as i've been to you, we i've been saying to you, we tau! live i've been saying to you, we wu! live at i've been saying to you, we yy34! live at the i've been saying to you, we yy4! live at the house will be live at the white house will be live at the white house will speak for 4. time? time on camera after the first time en. camera—after” ~— — —r—— american airlines

the first time eh camera—after” ~— — —r—— american airlines flight that american airlines flight copter crashed. i showing in live was showing in the live pictures from the potomac, it pictures freh". the “memes it just pictures fre-"e the “memes it just gone pictures freru the “stems: it just gone iiam pictures freru the “stems: it just gone ”am there. pictures freru the “memes it just gone ”am there. the was raised at 8a8 . ' was raised at 8a8 last alert was raised at 8a8 last night local time, at 28 night local time, at least 28 bodies have been recovered. gm??? h??? i???“ rstfigsrssi 7 ”w w "w"? officials are gm??? h??? i???“ rstfigsrssi 7 7777 77 77777777 officials are saying they local officials are saying they don't believe they are any survivors left. an extremely condition, 7 condition, as i've it is now become a saying it is now become a recovery operation from any saying it is now become a recove operation. |from any saying it is now become a recove operation. we m any saying it is now become a recove operation. we understand rescue operation. we understand the 27 bodies from the plane had been found, one the had been found, one from the helicopter the pentagon helicopter which the pentagm,,,, it was in training say it was in a training mission at the time. let me show you some of the pictures overnight. 7 are from overnight. they are but keep an eye on distressingbut keep an, eye eh red distressingbutlceepen eye eh red circle and the in the ski; in the ski; tilled be

explosion in the sky filled by 2:5 s and explosion in the sky filled by 2:5 and as see the network and as you see there the american airline is coming into land, plane is coming into land, here is another angle of that crash which has posted online which has been posted online filmed from the dash cam of a vehicle approaching the sehnle aee�*a�*f�*gé me a at seeps ebbfiei�*gé the a at this. saw the with the two ourteam of aircraft colliding. our team of journalists have verified these images we putting on the ihneues we are putting enthes es s s use 4 , . . taken from ihneues we are putting entheu es s u use s u , s taken from a ihneues we are putting enthes es s u use ,s s , . taken from a security screen taken from a security camera at airport. we camera at the airport. we show another of that. ronald another angle of that. ronald national airport reagan'natibnal airpart in is about to reopen, we re were from it only a few 29; s eus ess 7777 7ago they ag; t7hey7w7ere77 7 ag; {heyileré't'éuing 39; t7heyw7ere7t7elli7ng us hours ago they were telling us they were planning at 11am that they were planning at'llar'n reopen and the very latest 7that 7 77 7 7 thatis 7 77 7 7 that is exactly 7 7 7

7 that is exactly what 7 7 7 is that is exactly what is about to happen and certainly the few moments 7 the few moments we7 the few moments we are in the next few moments we are going to have that briefing 7 7the 7 7 7the white house. 7 7 7the white house. w7e 7 7the white house. we are frbm the white heuse: �*w'e are to keep frbm the white heuse: we are to keep pictures going to keep those pictures there on screen from there on the screen from the white house because soon as white house because as soon as donald trump arrives at the podium, we show you that podium, we will show you that life. as we wait for that, i to show you what the want to show you what the defence secretary has posted defencerseeretaq, -. h ~. online. we are actively working to investigate _ what occurred and why. at about 848 what occurred and why. at about 8a8 last six what occurred and why. at about 8a8 las' brigades six what occurred and why. at about 8a8 las' brigades in six what occurred and why. at about 8a8 las' brigades in the aviatien brigades in the for spell 7 777c717>l7li7ded ” 7 with 7 with a civilian tragically with a civilian airliner. the unit involved, it was an annual flight was an annual provision flight and we look the proof

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the souls of the the three souls of the soldiers. they are our soldiers. they are in our prayers. the families and their 7z= communities, these people are "sign, i can't being notified and i can't it's gone from a rescue imagine it's gone from a rescue mission to a recovery mission. a7ll7thef|rst all {iiéfirslmgfioiidie}; 7 with all the first responders within quickly, our thoughts, prayers go out. we ehe erasers: 555 eut: w"*”" she ereeers as eut: he's—er: ' " to find active“: inveef'eefine te tine: what active“! inveef'eefine te tine: what happened anthem inveefieefine te tine: what happened and and out what happened and why and as we get updates, you will have them. god bless. we were a news conference in expecting a news conference in our ago. that was then because we are going cancelled because we are gaing have a news conference from to have a news conference from white house and trump sd let's nut these 77 back on trurnn sn let's nut these 77 back on the trurnn se let's put these back on the screen. pictures back on the screen. all the press in that so all the press in that ree'nse ~ ~ w ~ are thatfar all the press in that ree'nse ~ ~ w ~ are that far away. what we are not that far away. what we are not that far away. what we will do is continue to go through events of last we will night, we will leave those pictures of the white on pictures of the white house on the screen so as soon as you see trump we will 77777790 77that7 7 go that news

audio has emered conference. audio has emerged the airport from the airport controller speaking to the military helicopter in a moment before the crash, they refer it as the crash, they refer tn it as 25 with the crash, they refer fr) it as 25 with civilian liner part 25 with civilian liner to as c have a listen. it is really short you hear any response but you don't hear any response but it seems to be aware of civilian and to the last words there. move in the last words there, you heard it and so it there, the air traffic controller saying did you see that? saying did reusee that? ' " ' presumably to the referring presumably to the �* collision. referring presumably to the �*collision. as referring presumably to the �* collision. as we referring presumably to the �*collision. as we have midair collision. as we have seen, we had a of news seen, we had a number of news in the last certainly had all hours, certainly we had all officials, reagan those officials, ronald reagan airport but of course that

plane had come from wichita and they've been a including the sarieus effieials ineluding the ' " saying the city's mayor saying that the city's was heavy today. l heart was heavy today. i want to first thank _ heart was heavy today. i want to first thank - first. m 7- have ti rel7essly who have worked tirelessly throughout night and at threugheut the night anaat’ ’ ’” ’" ” time we have told this tin'te we have been tetd—— , ———— there are this tinne we have been tetd—— , ———— there are no survivors. we all of those 7777 7 £6707} 6022 n; kw? are with all of those who have been impacted. this is a tragedy, will terrible tragedy, that will unite those in washington, unite these inwas-hingten. dc. wichita, kansas forever. grtd wichita, kansas forever. were listening to that, i we were listening to that, i was told the first flight was told that the first flight has now landed back at the airport. as we were saying, the

airport. as we were saying, the airport has reopened apparently the first flight has landed the first flig'ht'has landed crash overnight, the of 77 of obvio7usly but 7 but the 7 but the reopening 7 closed but the reopening and the first traffic coming into land at ronald reagan the first traffic coming into land i at ronald reagan the first traffic coming into land i want onald reagan the first traffic coming into land i want to ald reagan the first traffic coming into land i want to give eagan the first traffic coming into land i want to give you an the first traffic coming into land i want to give you a airport. i want to give you a little more of an idea of the geography �*the area that geography of the area that we about. the american je£777777 7’i 77i’ n: 7 jet that was airlines jet that was carrying 64 people total was on its 64 people in total was on its way from in kansas as way from wichita in kansas as we were hearing to ronald reagan airport in washington, reagan a'rrpert “wash—gt? collided with that us dc. it collided with that us army helicopter and the accident happened when the plane was into land at which is near the the airport which is near the city centre, you can see its 7 77m7arked 77 77m7arked in 7 77m7arked in the7 7 {regattas 7 aircralt then into the river crashed inte the petemac river 9pm local time. the just befere 9pm lecal time. the �* plane was a psa

passenger plane was a psa airlines jet operating as american airlines five 340, the type of aircraft was a bond baddie and the pentagon says was a 77h; 7 7 gasses; had taken all in which had taken off in virginia. three us soldiers were in there. let's speak an aviation expert who joins the programme. we7lcome we 7 we are 7about to hear from president7about to hear from president7so >ut to hear from president7so >u�* the "tear from president7so >u�* the coming 11 the president so in the coming minute, i might have to sharply break away from you but in terms of what you see, what you heard, 7 7 heard, what 7 heard, what are 7 heard, what are your 7 7 thoughts here? assesses; ass see? 777 7 77 7777777 thou~hts here? , headline thoughts here? first of all, it headline thoughts here? first of all. it is — headline thoughts here? first of all, it is a _ headline thoughts here? first of all, it is a tragic— headline thoughts here? l "at of all, it is a tragic accident gftallusit is a tragic accident our and prayers and our thoughts and prayers are for the families. clearly, you had some very senior analysts and professional military advisers are already z 7 i hate to 7 i hate to to 7

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7 as to what was it would appear zijmi=7z again and i don't wish to add conjecture but it would appear that perhaps the blackhawk crew were not aware or could 7 they}; 7 7 7 7 net tulle see fer whateser's'sw exactly what net full�*g see fer whateser's'sw exactly what flight reasen exactly whatthe flight was. reason exact—lyrwhatt a g. was. ., path was. fl-e rest“; is - is devastating - - is devastating that i course is devastatingathat not unfamiliar flight these are net unfamiliar flight this is a part path this is a very busy part of airspace over washington, both involving civilian aircraft and the military. that is usual and normal. is entirely usual and normal. absolutely. the military have their own regulations but within control airspace they adhere to the controllers must adhere to the controllers direction. i heard one of your senior advisers direction. i heard one of your senioradvisers a senior advisers mention a corridor back not be cerrider and back. but net—bee usuuueueuu to unusual to have locally protocols military and the militaryand the civilian to allow for operators to allow for that activity. a huge all—important activity. a huge number of secure helipad around

as military base and the dc as a military base and the civilian so, you civilian airfield. so, you it is tricky as the whole know, it is tricky as the whole point of the investigation will doint of the investigation will to look at all of those be to look at all of those procedures or protocols that been established, find out cause of factors and the cause of factors and hopefully prevent further hopefully prevent any further re—occurrence of such a tragic incident. re-occurrence of such a tragic incident. ,., from incident. the , - , , . . ~ from so incident. therewerersrrmany - from so w- agencies, different agencies, who basically now is in of basically now is in charge of this be the r basically now is in charge of this be the nbs sea on it but there is no leaves on it but there is no that the military will doubt that the military will be as and in as productive and involved. in full consultancy, been full consultancy, i've been through a few of these in the past myself and sadly openness transparency and tra7nsparency and sharing tra77nsparency and7 sharing of and transparency and sharing ef and transparency and sharing ef and sharing of cle7a rly data information, clearly the data feedback systems will be

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777the7cha7nnel.7he their 7 7 on the channel. he himself said that mind, he was minded to an the caneersatian going focus on the conversation going in the helicopter. there was on in the helicopter. there was someone of —— else someone of —— something else led them to be potentially that led them to be potentially distracted but again, this is really going to be a lengthy investigation and we really leave it 7 leave it to 7 leave it to them. 77 must leave it to them. it is - underlining - must leave it to them. it is - underlining though l must leave it to them. it is | - underlining though in worth underlining though in terms of recent us aviation 7 they they have seen nothing history, they have seen nothing like this in 20 years have they? like this in 20 years have the ? ., ~ like this in 20 years have the ? ., . ., like this in 20 years have the? .,~ ., they? no. we had to see it. it is awful- _ they? no. we had to see it. it is awful. human _ they? no. we had to see it. it is awful. human error - they? no. we had to see it. it is awful. human error as - they? no. we had to see it. it is awful. human error as we i is awful. human error as we know for the majority aviation assieente: * " a ef aviatien accidents. ever a that has been decade, that has been eradicated to the steam??? ts the smallest 7 77 777 77777777 number of efeei'teteei le lhe smalle’e’f’ 7 77 777 77777777 number of incidents. possible number of incidents. it forever will be. we really do need to understand this �* to ensure that we do need to understand this �*to ensure that we can better to ensure that we can get future right.

get future procedures right. thanks very for being here thanks very much for being here on the programme. let mejust sn the ”mum's-e let me he? a , r ~ "7 ,a you the 7 you the live 7 you the live pictures 7 you the live pictures from show you the live pictures from the airport as we've the airport because as we've been telling you, that has now reopened. i was telling you they had first landing they had their first landing and the first to has also taken at ronald reagan place at ronald reagan airport. it has reopened in last 15 i will you back minutes. i will take you back to the white house because 77 still 7 still waiting for donald to 77 to arrive at address immediate microphone to address immediate air so as as that starts, will 7 will carry 7 will carry that 7 will carry that a 7 will carry that a lie. 7 we will carry that a lie. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news.

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between and between hezbollah and israel. they are expected to in next �*minutes. 7next �* minutes. they are he) to �*minutes. they are he) to talk iinutes. they are he) to talk to jtes. they are he) to talk to us 5. they are he) to talk to us so they are he) to talk to us so we y are waiting to talk to us so we will be back with him as we see we expect them next few minutes —— ham the scene there because as ask. the scene there because as we've been saying, the airport has reopened in the last 15, 20 that is the airport. i be7 be with katrina perry in a will be with katrina perry in a moment but i will �*you the moment but i will show you the potomac river because those operations, the recovery operations, the recovery operations, is away on the ef the of the airport from other side of the airport from the picture i was showing you. those operations and that work �*w’e we are now so tree are now so mam; continues. we are now so many hours that operation, it overnight with hundreds started overnight with hundreds arriving at the river trying to find 7 hhdif 77 7 fi7nd7i7fthe7re7 77 7 fi7nd7i7f there shy none were found. i

survivors. none were found. i will take you back to the white because we have been house because we have been given a two minute warning. you can see one of the journalist picking up the microphone so we pickingup sthesmiccephenesse we stay with pickingupsthesmiccephenesse we stay with katrina perry. will stay with katrina perry. as we for the as we centinue fer the i've been an president, i've been given an update. the and the update. the update and the rate has reopened. the flight landed here. first flight landed here. there is one first flight landed here. there is - one main _ first flight landed here. there is - one main runway - first flight landed here. there is - one main runway at i is only one main runway at ronald reagan airport in dc, 800 flights nghington, dc.,800 flights off and land making it the take eff and land makinth the runway in the whole busiest runway in the whole country. it serves about 15 million people year so it millien people every year'se it you an idea of how busy is every 7— 7 is every 15 or 20 z: is every 15 or 20 a 77 is egery 15 or 20 a plane is; 5 i5 555? l5 5 55 5 5l555 i5 so 5 i5 555r5 l5 5 55 5 5l555 i5 so landing

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ideas. find out how ideas. we will find out how this and make this disaster occurred and make sure nothing like this ever again. the faa and the happens again. the faa and the us military will be carrying out systematic and 95559555 and investigations, comprehensive investigations, our new secretary of transportation is second day on the job. transportation is second day on thejob. it's a rough one. we be working tirelessly, he will he working tirelessly, he a great gentleman. these are --eole. the are workin: great people. they are working tirelessly to out tirelessly to figure out what we will exactly what happened. we will state certain and also state certain opinions and also immediately and immediately appointing and acting he is 7 respected. w 55555de thank w (55555. {hail you highly respected. thank you very much. it. we very much. i appreciate it. we have only the highest standards m1 those workin in the for those working in the aviation the obama

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doing thatjob, can't do doing thatjob, they can't do it. will restore faith in it. we will restore faith in american travel. i do want to point that various articles point out that various articles that prior my ii“ 5 . ... th.e.. .. 5.5 .. . 7 the faa's diversity 7 thiefaa'isidiversity push one. the faa's diversity push includes a focus on hiring people with that people with disabilities. that is amazing. they say people severe disabilities are with severe disabilities are most in the most underrepresented in the workforce and want the men the can be air-traffic 7175255255551: i 5555 z thigsk vt controllers. i don't think so! this was injanuary iii so it was a week before i entered office. they a push to office. they put a big push to put diversity into the programme. progre mme. 'theh, 555lher the federal aviation 5rticle,~the federel avietioh before i got

administration, before i got office, in second 27: the faa: workers who suffer recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual psychiatric disabilities, psychiatric problems mental and prohlemeond 5l55r—m55t5l 555 under an on the aen 's t— if can imagine? website. can you imagine? these are people who are actually, there lives are 5595 5555 55 55555555 of the stress that they brilliant people. they have. brilliant people. they have. brilliant people. they have to in those positions. have to be in those positions. their lives are actually substantially, iii!- because the stress. we have many, many planes into one and you need a 77 talent j 77 talent and j 77 talent and a j 77 talent and a very j special talent and a very special talent and a very special genius to do it. 5555i5l 4.15555 l5 55 l disabilities those a matter of policy has four identified four special and recruitment. the website states they

faa's website states they includes hearing vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete p5r5tysis;'tomplete perelysis. severe epilepsy, severe intellectual psychiatric j and: dwarfism and; dwarfism all disability and dwarfism all qualify. as for the position of controller for planes pouring as for the position of coni ourer for planes pouring as for the position of coni ourerfor pla a s pouring as for the position of coni ourer for pla a little ring as for the position of coni ourer for pla a little dot runway. the initiative on the runway. the initiative is part of faa's diversity is part of the faa's diversity and inclusion hiring plan. think of that, it is part of the diversity and inclusion plan thedfiiversity and inclusion plan which says 555 5'55 h'“ '55’ is to diversity is integral to achieving the mission of the safe and efficient i safe and efficient travel. i don't think so. i think it is the opposite. the just the opposite. the faa shows the agency's on diversity7 j on diversity7 hiring guidance on diversity hiring last updated on march 23, was last updated on march 23, 2022, they to make it 2022, they wanted to.515ke it more so. 2022, they wanted tomake it more so. then i came in

even more so. then i came in and i assume it