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and i just literally just landed at dca at about 730 on a psa flight operated by psa for american airlines. it was busy tonight, but the planes weren't full. the plane i was on wasn't full, but there was lots of traffic. the the flight was actually a little bit late because of the traffic. but again, everyone knows that about the d.c. airspace. and so this was one of the concerns literally decades ago when dulles airport was opened. back then, the agreement was to fund and pay for an open dulles. is that washington national was supposed to close when dulles opened. and of course, the hue and cry for obvious reasons. it's a very popular airport. it's very convenient. um, and, you know, everyone in the government loves to use it, and it did not close. and i'm sure that's part of the discussion. the most important discussion, of course, is, is searching for the the passengers and and the investigation of what happened. but this will renew the issue of is this airspace reasonable and correct? and is d.c.? does dca still make sense? i don't see anyone realistically closing it, but there certain

psa was operating flight 5342 as american airlines departing from wichita, kansas. what they do not know about this is that there were passengers on board and we don't know how many. we do know that a crj-700 bombardier plane is a twin jet engine. it can hold up to at most 78 passengers it's usually a copilot and one maybe two there and we do a video and we are making sure that the video is accurate. we want to check before we put it on air but there is video of the crash we believe as soon as we can verify with the video being shown to you. and very quickly over to you. what kind of response and how quick was the response? >> almost instantaneous. we saw emergency cars from all different directions and the geography is very important with the intersection of three states such as maryland and virginia and the district of columbia. and with the federal government and maryland and emergency teams responding as well as virginia teams responding. and as we get more footage you will see teams from three different states with the federal government getting to the scene wh

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our focus right now is doing everything that we can to support all of those involved and also the psa air lines team. this is devastating. we are all hurting incredibly. we urge any family and friends looking for information about their loved ones to call our designated help line, and that's 1-800-679-8215. 1-800-679-8215. here's what i can share at this early stage, american eagle flight 5342 operated by psa airlines traveling from wichita, kansas, to reagan national airport, was involved in an accident just before 9:00 p.m. local time on final approach into reagan national. it collided with a military aircraft on an otherwise normal approach and at this time we don't know why the military aircraft came into the path of the psa aircraft. flight 5342, a crj-700, was under the command of four crew members that carried 60 passengers, as you know, for a total it have of 64 people onbo. american airlines has activated our care team, a group of specialists to support these types of responses. these team members are on site or arriving soon. additionally, we have members of our go team that

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we know that american airlines flight 53 42 was operated by psa psa airlines. it was a crj 700 jet.hat's a small regional jet. and the fact that it was operated by secondary airline isn't entirely a uncommon. a lot of those big carriers use secondary airlines if they contract with for their short haul flights, which this was just a little while ago. president donald trump also spoke from the white house giving some limited information beyond what we already knew in terms of what happened. he according to he blamed the crash on the helicopter. pilots saying that they did not do what they were told, however, not giving much information beyond that. however, he also took the chance as he according to him, blame part of this on lowered height, lower hiring standards that were put in place by the air form air traffic controllers by the obama and biden administrations. again, those were his claims. he also gave some insight into what we can expect to see over the next few days as this investigation continues to play out. we'll find out how this disaster occurred and will ensure >> that no

what happens american psa flight when it comes down to 18000 feet on a descent it turns on all of thedmines so it becomes a lot more visible. the helicopter movie down the river or up the river only has the navigation lights on. maria: i see. what is the likelihood of survivors here? obviously the water is freezing. >> is highly unlikely. maria: captain, thank you very much for weighing in captain mike joining us we will give you a live update on the situation as we get on capitol hill more senate confirmation hearings are set today for president trump's cabinet fbi director nominee kash patel and national intelligence nominee tulsi gabbard will face senate cavities today after things got heated secretary nominee robert f kennedy junior was forced to defend himself against the democrats attacks. watch. >> i don't want to take food away from anybody. if you like a mcdonald's cheeseburger or diet coke which my boss loves you should be able to get them. but you should know what the impacts are on your family and on your health. all the democrats are opposing me for partisan issues, they

psa was operating flight 5342 for american airlines. it departed wichita, kansas.aa will investigate. ntsb will investigate. ntsb will lead the investigation, the faa says, and the faa says it will provide more information as it comes in the the huge news here. not only was this a crash involving a commercial flight, this flight, 5342 from wichita, kansas, to reagan national airport, but that this was a mid-air collision with a helicopter. this is a midair collision. not with any helicopter. this was a midair collision with a h-60, which is more colloquially known as the black hawk helicopter. uh, the the the approach. i'm stumbling over my words here because this is just so staggering that there is a midair collision involving a commercial airliner. commercial flights are equipped, uh, for ages with a system called tcas. traffic collision avoidance system. it tells the pilots in the cockpit how to avoid other airplanes nearby. it is a system that came about because of mid-air collisions with commercial airliners and small general aviation aircraft, commercial airl

operated by psa airlines, but it was operating as american airlines flight 5342, taking off from wichita, intending to land at reagan washington national airport around 9 p.m, it was approaching runway 33. according to a preliminary statement from the faa, and it collided, according to the faa, in mid-air with the sikorsky h-60 helicopter. the geography of reagan national airport is such that that collision upon approach to that runway appears to have put both of those aircraft into the very icy potomac river, and we are seeing a massive scale rescue operation underway right there. we do not know the number of people who are on board that helicopter. we don't know what helicopter, what that helicopter was associated with. obviously, sikorsky blackhawk helicopters are associated with the us military, but they're used for all different types of government transportation. that regional jet, as tom costello just explained categorically, typically would be a jet that could hold 50 to 100 people. we have no idea at this point how many people were on board that plane. but it was, again, america

i know that the captain was had six years with, with psa or almost six years with psa and the first officer almost two years. um, and again, standard approach. and that's about all i can say. thank you. >> in regard to the military, i don't have information in regard to the experience of the military pilots. i would just note that this was classified as a as a training mission. sometimes people could think that a training mission is someone who is inexperienced in the cockpit. uh, this is we call these these missions that are flown in the dc area as our pilots are getting hours and experience training missions. so don't read into that, that we had how many hours the pilots on the military aircraft had. and you had another question for me, that was. >> last night. the president had said that this could be prevented, and also that air traffic control questioning why they. may not have communicated with the helicopter, telling them what to do. >> so so we are going to wait for all the information to come in from, from this vantage point. but, uh, to, to back up what the president said, what i'

that is, that psa american airlines flight and then smash. that is the midair collision and the parts falling to the icy potomac river below water temperature about 35 degrees tonight. i've pointed this out a couple times prior, and i have a few models here to demonstrate just how hard it can be for a pilot of a pilots of a commercial airliner. two pilots in that airplane and the pilots of helicopters to see one another. the blind spot in a commercial airliner is really anything that the pilots are not focused on. when you're descending, you can't see super well below and in front of you. so it is said that pilots doing a typical approach in a commercial airliner. their their brains are lighting off with the same frequency as a doctor doing cardiovascular surgery. the blind spots in a helicopter. helicopter pilots typically are looking at the ground, and the altitude here was only at about 300ft. so you can see here as the collision sort of is ensuing. helicopter pilots aren't looking up a lot because of where the rotors are. the pilots are p

psa airlines faa, which represents air traffic controls, the pilots.he army, asa at which represents a flight attendant. the transportation safety board of canada would be an accredited representative under annex 13. will be supplemented by fhirg as a technical advisor. their person is bombardier's. i'm sorry. ntsb offers party status to government agencies and associations have employees, activities or equipment involved in an accident. we offer that that will provide technical expertise and relevant information supporting theth development of the best possible factualma record. since i joined this investigation they are not permitted to release documents publicly about the investigation without the consent. so, i want to stress this, it is only the ntsb that will provide information related to this investigation with one exception, regarding the fatalities that occurred, that notification will be handled by the d.c. medical examiner. we will not be discussing fatalities or names for they'll be handled by them as the proper authority. so, we had talke

our focus right now is doing everything that we can to support all of those involved and also the psais is devastating. it's -- we are all hurting incredibly. we urge family and friends looking for information about their loved ones to call our designated help line, and that's 1-800-679-8215. 1-800- 679-8215. here's what i can share at this early stage. american eagle flight 5342 operated by psa airlines traveling from wichita, kansas to reagan national airport was involved in an accident just before 9:00 p.m. local time on final approach into reagan national. it collided with a military aircraft on an otherwise normal approach and at this time we don't know why the military aircraft came into the path of the psa aircraft. flight 5342, a crj700 was under the command of four crew members, carried 60 passengers for a total of 64 people on board. in addition to local resources already here in d.c., american airlines activated our care team, a group of specialists that are trained to support these types of responses. these team members are on sight or arriving soon. additionally, we have

listen here. >> american eagle flight 5342 operated by psa airlines traveling from wichita, kansas to reagan national airport was involved in an accident just before 9:00 p.m. local time on final approach into reagan national. it collided with a military aircraft on an otherwise normal approach. at this time we don't know why the military aircraft came into the path of the psa aircraft. >> dana: when you said as a flight surgeon one of the things you are involved in is investigations of these types of crashes, what would be the first three questions you would want to get to? >> from my standpoint is the status of the pilots. did they have any illnesses? we would take blood samples and things like that. those things, i think, are sort of secondary. the flights surgeon's role in it. the real question is what did atc say and when did they say it? there is technology on the air aircraft. did they function? did they not sound the alarm? the pilots -- there was an aircraft taking off just prior to the landing of the flight that was -- the collision occurred with, the wichita flight. it is v

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it's operated by psa airlines, which collided with a united states army black hawk helicopter near ronald reagan national airport in washington, dc. the passenger jet was heading from washington, heading to washington. it was about to land. it had flown in from wichita, kansas. the news last hour. emergency crews had recovered at least 12 bodies, with the total figure recovered nearing 20, according to nbc news washington. the moment of the collision was captured. now take a look. it'll be right around the middle of your screen. there it is. see the bright light in the middle of your screen? now you see a light coming up to it on its left. now watch what happens. and that's the collision. time is of the essence right now because it's cold in the potomac river. that's where both planes have gone down. one of the planes, the fixed wing aircraft, the cr 400. the american airlines aircraft is in two pieces, and it is submerged in about seven feet of water. the other aircraft, the helicopter, is upside down in the water. there are believed to be three people on that, 60 passengers and four cre

our focus right now is doing everything that we can to support all of those involved and also the psairlines team. this is devastating. it's -- we are all hurting incredibly. we urge any family and friends looking for information about their loved ones to call our designated help line. and that's at 1-800-679-8215. here's what can i share at this early stage. american eagle flight 5342 operated by psa airlines traveling from wichita, kansas to arresting national airport was involved in an accident collided with military aircraft otherwise normal approach: military aircraft came into the path psa aircraft: crj 700 was under the command of four crew members. they carried 60 passengers for a total of 64 people on board. in addition to local resources already here in d.c. american sailors activated our care team. and that's a group of specialists that are trained to support these types of responses: these team members are on sight arriving soon. and additionally we have members of our go team that are on the ground here in d.c. and they are being deployed with resources to do everything t

and also the psa airlines team. this is devastating. it's, um, we are all hurting incredibly. we urge any family and friends looking for information about their loved ones to call our designated helpline. and that's at one( 800) 679-8215. one( 800) 679-8215 and here's what i can share at this early stage american airlines american eagle flight 5342, operated by psa airlines, traveling from wichita, kansas, to reagan national airport, was involved in an accident just before 9 p.m. local time on final approach into reagan national. it collided with a military aircraft on an otherwise normal approach, and at this time, we don't know why the military aircraft came into the path of the psa aircraft. flight 5342, a crj 700 was under the command of four crew members. it carried 60 passengers, as you know, for a total of 64 people on board. in addition to local resources already here in dc, american airlines has activated our care team, and that's a group of specialists that are trained to support these types of responses. these team members are on site, are arriving soon, and additio

that is that psa american airlines flight and then smash.idair collision and the parts falling to the icy potomac river below. water temperature about 35 degrees tonight. i've pointed this out a couple of times prior, and i have a few models here to demonstrate just how hard it can be for a pilot of a pilot of a commercial airliner. two pilots in that airplane, and the pilots of helicopters to see one another. typically. >> where are the blind spots if you're a pilot, pete. so you understand this very well, obviously. where are the blind spots if you're on either of these aircraft. >> the blind spot in a commercial airliner is really anything that the pilots are not focused on. when you're descending, you can't see super well below and in front of you. so it is said that pilots doing a typical approach in a commercial airliner. their their brains are lighting off with the same frequency as a doctor doing cardiovascular surgery, open heart surgery. >> because they're not focused. >> it's an incredible focus. you're focused on the instruments

say the crash could have been avoided but wouldn't say why the american airlines crj 700 operated by psa airlines was on final approach to reagan national airport. the transportation secretary says a normal flight path. the military helicopters, secretary duffy, says was also flying a standard flight path and the helicopter new the passenger plane was there. the american airlines ceo says the commercial flight crew was experienced. we don't know why the military aircraft came into the past. the psa aircraft, secretary of defense pete headsets as the military crew was also experienced on a yearly nighttime training flight. we anticipate that the investigation will quickly be able to determine whether the aircraft was in the quarter and the right altitude. >> at the time of the incident, dc mayor muriel bowser says the ntsb is now leading the investigation. >> and southwest washington, d.c., police cruisers escorted the vance from the recovery site from a crash, dc fire officials believe nobody survived. >> this morning, president donald trump held a briefing about the crash. his message t

operated by psa airlines, which is a. wholly owned subsidiary of american airlines. first, and most. >> importantly. >> i'd like to express our. >> deep sorrow about. >> these events. this is a difficult day for all of us at american airlines, and our efforts now. >> are. >> focused entirely. >> on. >> the needs of our passengers. >> crew members. >> partners, first responders. along with their families and loved ones. i know that there are many questions, and at this early stage. i'll not be able. >> to answer. >> all of them. >> but i do want. >> to share the information i. have at this time. american eagle. flight 5342, operated by psa airlines, a crj 700 aircraft traveling from wichita, kansas. >> to washington. >> reagan national airport, has been involved in an accident near washington, dc. it appears. >> to. >> have collided. >> with. >> a military aircraft on approach. flight 5342 was under the command. of four crew members and carried 60 passengers. >> for a total. >> of 64 people on board. >> we are. >> actively working with. >> local. state and federal aut

say the crash could have been avoided but wouldn't say why the american airlines crj 700 operated by psa airlines was on final approach to reagan national airport. the transportation secretary says a normal flight path. the military helicopter secretary duffy says was also flying a standard flight path and the helicopter new the passenger plane was there. the american airlines ceo says the commercial flight crew was experienced. we don't know why the military aircraft came into the past. the psa aircraft, secretary of defense pete headsets as the military crew was also experienced on a yearly nighttime training flight. we anticipate that the investigation will quickly be able to determine whether the aircraft was in the quarter and the right altitude. >> at the time of the incident, dc mayor muriel bowser says the ntsb is now leading the investigation. >> and southwest washington, d.c., police cruisers escorted the vance from the recovery site from a crash, dc fire officials believe nobody survived. >> and so we are waiting to hear the names of the victims that were killed in this crash.

or arrow psa airlines.j 700, a small regional jet. that's not entirely uncommon. a lot of those big airlines will use secondary airlines to handle their short haul and regional trips. again, that impact happened as the american flight was coming in for landing colliding with that army black hawk helicopter. transportation secretary sean duffy says both aircraft were on standard flight pass. he said he's also a spoke about the ongoing investigation. let's take a listen. >> his administration, the faa, the dot, we will not rest until we have answers for the families. for the flying public. you should be assured that when you fly, you're safe. >> and that was one of the key points. the secretary duffy was driving home when he spoke earlier is that he says the u.s. still has the safest airspace anywhere in the world. the flying public should not be concerned about getting on air flights, aircraft, even following an incident like this also important to note that the ntsb will be handling this investigation going

i know that the captain was had six years with with psa or almost six years with psa and the first officer almost two years. and again, standard approach. and that's about all i can say. thank you. in regard to the military, i don't have information in regard to the experience of the military pilots. i would just note that this was classified as a as a training mission. sometimes people could think that a training mission is someone who is inexperienced in the cockpit. this is we call these these missions that are flown in the dc area as r pilots are getting hours and experience training missions. so don't read into that that we had how many hours the pilots on the military aircraft had. and you had another question for me, that was last night. the president had said that this could be prevented, and also that air traffic control questioning why they may not have communicated with the helicopter, telling them what to do. so we are going to wait for all the information to come in from, from this vantage point, but to, to back up what the president said, what i've seen so far do i think this

i know the captain had six years with psa and the first officer almost two years.gain, standard approach. that's about all i can say. >> in regard to the military, i don't have information regard to the experience of the military pilots. i would know this -- note this was classified as a training mission. sometimes people could consider that as someone inexperienced in the cockpit. don't read into that. we had how many hours of pilots the military aircraft had. >> [indiscernible] >> we are going to wait for all of information to come in from this vantage point. to back up what the president said and what i've seen so far, i think this was preventable, absolutely. >> thank you. >> is there an acting faa director? host: we are back with you here on washington journal. you saw the live news conference updating you on the situation in the potomac river. two aircraft collided. a black hawk helicopter and an american airlines passenger jet collided on approach to reagan national airport in washington, d.c. the fire and ems chief has said he's not expecting any survivors

it's operated by psa airlines, which collided with a united states army blackhawk helicopter near ronald reagan national airport in washington, dc. the passenger jet was heading from washington, heading to washington. it was about to land and had flown in from wichita, kansas. the news last hour. emergency crews had recovered at least 12 bodies, with the total figure recovered nearing 20, according to nbc news washington the moment of the collision was captured. now take a look. it'll be right around the middle of your screen. there it is. see the bright light in the middle of your screen? now you see a light coming up to it on its left. now watch what happens. and that's the collision. time is of the essence right now because it's cold in the potomac river. that's where both planes have gone down. one of the planes, the fixed wing aircraft, the cr 400, the american airlines aircraft, is in two pieces, and it is submerged in about seven feet of water. the other aircraft, the helicopter, is upside down in the water. there are believed to be three people on that 60 passengers and four crew

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it's operated by psa airlines, which collided with a united states army blackhawk helicopter near ronald reagan national airport in washington, dc. the passenger jet was heading from washington, heading to washington. it was about to land. it had flown in from wichita, kansas. the news last hour. emergency crews had recovered at least 12 bodies, with the total figure recovered nearing 20, according to nbc news. washington the moment of the collision was captured. now take a look. it will be right around the middle of your screen. there it is. see the bright light in the middle of your screen? now you see a light coming up to it on its left. now watch what happens. and that's the collision. time is of the essence right now because it's cold in the potomac river. that's where both planes have gone down. one of the planes, the fixed wing aircraft, the cg 400, the american airlines aircraft, is in two pieces, and it is submerged in about seven feet of water. the other aircraft, the helicopter, is upside down in the water. they're believed to be three people on that, 60 passengers and four cr

it appears that the psa. >> flight was, you. >> know, on a precision approach. >> they were where. >> they were supposed to be. this was a dramatic and tragic instantaneous crash. >> i don't think you'll pick. >> up anything in the in the voice recorder. and i think the data recorder will show, you know, that all all your systems were normal. i think the real issue will. will has to be focused on the black hawk's data recorder. and as i understand it, they don't have a voice recorder. so there's going to be a certain amount of of challenge to try and figure out why this flight crew performed the way they did. >> elizabeth just quickly, um, peter referred to whether or not the altimeter, which gives an idea of how high the helicopter is, whether it was not calibrated correctly. how common is it for an altimeter to to not be calibrated correctly? >> well, before every flight, we get the current barometric pressure reading with an update with our weather, and we would we would turn the the little dial on an altimeter to make sure that it's at the correct calibration per every single flig

the news it is awful and we are being told there is confirmation that american airlines flying under psa airlines under the banner of american and american eagle flight 53-42 from wichita, kansas, to ronald reagan airport dca crashed and apparently we were told it did as we saw the video it did collide with the black hawk helicopter and that the plane that american air was flying was a see rj 720 with 60 passengers and four crew members and the helicopter was carrying which was a training flight carrying three soldiers and you can see they collided and if you take a closer look at it that helicopter which was taking off if the plane is a cayman from the back and the experts we've talked to so far as saying things as if that is what happened because the plane the last warning that came from the tower was directed towards the helicopter and saying approach from the rear end can you see this see rj in front of you. of course there was no response because the collision happened moments thereafter. minutes ago we talked to jonathan who was on scene first on scene the former navy seal first on

it collided with a commercial regional jet operated by the american airlines subsidiary, psa airlines, under the american eagle brand. that flight was on final approach to reagan national airport. the planes. >> i should. >> say, the plane and the helicopter both crashed into the potomac river. that american eagle flight. and this is security cam footage looking out towards the approach from across the airport late last night. and it's really hard to tell, but you will see a flash here. that appears to be when the collision took place. unclear at this point exactly what caused the two to. >> come into the. >> same space and to collide mid-air, maybe only a few hundred feet above the surface. but that is what investigators are trying to figure out right now. 64 people were on board the american eagle flight. three u.s. army soldiers were on the helicopter. here is the american ceo, robert isom, talking about the incident late last night before flying into dc. >> we understand and appreciate the people are eager for information. please know that we'll continue to share accurate and time

the psa aircraft. and let's. >> you know. pray that you. >> know what happened. >> he reported that he saw an airplane, but it was the wrong airplane. and that's purely speculation. >> purely. >> yeah. >> and again, the ntsb is going to have all these answers for us if they can find out that answer. in particular, if that helicopter pilot thought he saw the right plane, but was in fact looking at the one that was taking off that you see in this video that we're showing right now, please do stick with us. i want to bring in one other voice. this is retired u.s. army veteran and battalion commander, lieutenant colonel darren gob. he has hundreds of hours of experience flying blackhawks and has flown the same flight pattern as the blackhawk was flying in last night's incident. colonel, i heard you say a little bit earlier. first of all, thank you for being here. i heard you say a little bit earlier just what i was talking about with randy babbitt, that maybe that that blackhawk pilot was confused about which airplane the air tra

and that's about all i can say. >> you heard him say psa, psa airlines is the subsidiary of american that operates the regional jets. all right. so what happens next? the ntsb is leading the investigation. the focus is on recovering the black boxes. that has so much information. both the you know, all of them have information that we just don't have at this point. and it may give us a better insight into what the crews of both the airplane as well as the helicopter were experiencing, thinking, saying shortly before the collision, mid-air. as you take a look at shares of american airlines, keep in mind that this is the first u.s. airline crash since 2009, and it does raise the question of congestion, not just at reagan national, but at a number of other airports. no better day than today. unfortunately for us to be talking with the ceo of an airline, and that's going to be bob jordan coming up within the next half hour. now, we're not going to ask him about particulars in this accident in terms of what he thinks might have happened, but we will be asking him about congestion and about

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fire chief, the ntsb chairman and myself along with the family assisted unit -- assistive unit from psa here. in regards to ntsb staff, all staff are on the scene have been requested and i want to point out one specific staff member, because we are doing a joint ntsb and dod investigation, the ntsb has a black hog certified pilot on our personal staff based out of alaska. once we realize the dynamics and intricacies of a blackhawk, we have the member on scene now providing direct technical assistance to ntsb. that does not mean that the dod is not working with us but in order to maintain our independence, we have our own blackhawk certified pilot in the working group for helicopters. regarding salvage at this point, the navy supervisor of salvage is conducting salvage operations at the current time. barges are on route from virginia beach and we anticipate them to be on scene early tomorrow morning. after their arrival, they will be secured and located and then significant salvage operations will continue. they are ongoing right now. this will be the main lifting. it's being done in con

what was happening in the cockpit of that commercial flight, that psa flight, american airlines flight, but also the flight data recorder, and they will be able to see in the thousands of points of data there, whether or not there was a warning in the cockpit. and frankly, even if they don't have the flight data recorder, they'll be able to hear if there was the aural warning in the cockpit voice recorder, it is going to be so critical. >> okay, pete muntean, i know you're continuing to check in with your sources. we'll check back in with you. i want to go back to laura coates, who is live outside the reagan national airport, where, as pete just mentioned, the people here. this search is very much still underway for survivors. laura. >> it absolutely is. and just imagine the people who were on the plane, they were so close to the runway that they would likely have been able to see that they were about to land when this collision would have occurred. i want to go to gabe cohen, who's actually inside of the airport. gabe, what do we know about the latest in the rescue operation? >> yeah,

we currently have the following parties that are already identified psa airlines. g.e. aerospace.ontrollers and the representative of the pilots. army afa which represent split attendance, transportation safety board of canada we'll be an accredited representative under annex 13. they will be supplement and by mh irg as a technical advisor and they were previously known as anna deer. party status is offered to those agencies and associations that have employees and activities are equipment involved in the accident. we offer that because they will provide technical expertise and relevant information supporting the development of the best possible factual record. once they join this investigation they are not permitted to release documents or talk publicly about the investigation without the consent of the hsp. i want to stress this it is only the ntsb that will provide information related to this investigation with 1 exception regarding the fatalities that occur, that notification we'll be handled by d.c. medical examiner. we won't discuss fatalities or named -- means it will be ha

the captain had six years with psa, and first officer almost three years. again, standard approach and that's all i can say. thank you. >> in regard to military, i don't have information in regard to experience of the military pilots. this was classified as training mission, sometimes people can think a training mission is someone inexperienced in the cockpit. this is we call these missions flown in the d.c. area training missions, don't read into that, we had how many hours pilot on military aircraft had. another question for me. >> last night president said this could be prevented and air traffic control, questioning why they may not have communicated with the helicopter telling them what to do. >> we will wait for all information to come from this vantage point, but to back up what the president said, what i've seen so far, do i think this was preventable? absolutely. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> is there an acting faa director? >> thank you, everyone. >> steve: all right. we've been listening for last half-hour to a press conference at reagan national

psa airlines. ge aerospace. sikorsk. faa nacta, which represents the air traffic controllers. alpa, which represents the pilots. army apha, which represents the flight attendants. the transportation safety board of canada the medical examiner. we will not be giving specific names that will be handled by the proper authority. so we want to talk a little bit about process. we will analyze the facts and determine probable cause of accident and we will issue a report of those determinations. also want to talk a little bit about additional people that are here with us that are very important to us. our family assistance group. later today we will be briefing the families. we normally try to do this and in this case they are still arriving. family specialists are working closely with local officials and others to help in their efforts to support everyone that's affected by this accident. let me just reiterate what the chair said. aviation accidents are very unusual in the united states and our hearts go out to everyone affected. it affects us and everyone around us. we will help fin

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so first of all, we do know that the airplane, the psa flight was on air traffic control, an approved route. it was where it was supposed to be in the sky, and it was landing. it had priority and it was being completely advised by air traffic control. and that's what has to happen with commercial passenger service aircraft. they must be under positive aircraft air traffic control. we've now learned, of course, as some of the things that we had looked at on radar and had had thought about yesterday, but that the helicopter was on the path where the helicopters usually fly in washington, d.c., but it may have been too high. it may not have been at its assigned altitude or the altitude where they usually operate, which is below the landing path for the airport. and then finally for this video and the other videos we saw yesterday, we do see other lights in the area, and in particular, one bright light of another aircraft. and when the air traffic control tower asked the helicopter, do you have the plane in sight? i know the first time that i looked at that video, i focused on the moving

kansas towards washington, d.c.,, it was involved in an accident at dca the flight was operated by psa airlines, with a see rj 700 and they have now confirmed there was 60 passengers and four crew members on board the aircraft. they go on to say our concern is for the passengers and crew on board the aircraft, we are in contact with authorities and assisting with emergency response efforts and, i want to bring in mark meredith because he also has the statement but what's important to get a feel for, what is happening on the ground there, as american releases the statement, is it changing anything with the actual rescue effort? are they changing teams, are they bringing in new teams? is there a different strategy based on the temperature of the watermark, are you learning anything about what is changing and not changing about this rescue effort? >> i sure moments ago we have learned that the ffa has issued a ground stop for reagan airport until at least 5:00 a.m., there is no aircraft that were leaving out of this airport in the middle of the night, that is the indication here that ther

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. >> the flight operated by psa airlines took off from wichita, kansas. the helicopter involved in the collision was on a training flight. this is all hitting the ice skating community especially hard. several figure skaters, parents, and their coaches were all on that plane returning from the u.s. figure skating championships and development camp in kansas. >> i just broke down. just to hear the news in the morning was absolutely heartbreaking, knowing it's going to impact a community of skaters. >> we are still waiting to find out more about the others on board. we do know there were four members of a maryland-based labor union and a woman returning to d.c. from a work trip to kansas. as for the three soldiers who died on the black hawk, only the crew chief has been identified so far, 29-year-old ryan o'hara. the faa has set up a secure location for the victims' families where they can wait for word on their loved ones as the search continues. i cannot imagine what they are going through tonight. >> yeah. the names personalize it all and make it so hear