and the way to reagan is clear. and right here the bullet hits right there and gets through that little gap. troy roberts: through the tiny gap created by the open door of the bulletproof car, hitting the president. an incredible fluke. it was hinckley's sixth and final shot. secret service agents raced him to george washington university hospital where doctors found the bullet dangerously close to president reagan's heart. reporter: judy, i'm sorry to interrupt. troy roberts: nbc cut into woodruff's report with the news. reporter: in front of me now are two bulletins that both say president reagan was shot in the chest. troy roberts: the president was rushed into surgery. meanwhile, the fbi was desperately trying to find out what happened. retired fbi agent thomas baker. we didn't know was this part of a conspiracy? was there going to be other people shot? troy roberts: the answers would be much stranger and more chilling than they could possibly imagine. and it turned out the clues were hiding in plain sight. a na

there are three runways at reagan. the longestne runs north and south, and the other runway that they use for air carriers runs northeast to southwest. and they do use both of them. it's about a 700 zero foot runway. they run flights out of there as far as the west coast. so we do see transcontinental flights out of there. it is a smaller airport, relatively speaking. it's on a very compact piece of land squeezed into that area. and of course, the traffic routings in and out of there count heavily on staying over the river and away from the populated areas, or over the government buildings, so that the aircraft remain clear, for example, of the area around the white house and the capitol building. okay. if you're just now tuning in. these are live pictures of reagan national airport, right? a couple of miles from the white house in washington, d.c. here's the limited information we're working with right now. an american airlines regional jet from kansas approaching the runway and some sort of collision with a military

approach to reagan national is unique and different. planes come down toward south flying down the river, twisting through seeing the monuments and the pentagon or last night, they are landing to north. too early to say, it is hard to speculate. i think one possible scenario is these two aircrafts simply did not see each other. how can that happen if you have rj, airliner descending? pilots are focused on the runway, checking air speed and altitude at all times. there are blind spots if an aircraft is descending over top of a helicopter, that airliner will not see it. equally with the black hawk, hard to believe, there are blind spots there, as well. if they are coming up, i have heard they were 400 feet, that could be off 50 feet either way. if they are coming up, that is one possible scenario. one thing for sure and morning light will show this, the data is there and will be studied. it will take time, we will have answers. i think we may see procedures change around the airport and big question to me as others have pointed out is was

that's called the mount vernon approach into reagan national airport, landing on runway one at reaganational airport, which is to the north. that's the busiest single runway in the national airspace system. a lot of folks still finding out about this. we have calls out to the federal aviation administration, the national transportation safety board, american airlines and beyond. right now, we're just getting very early preliminary information from the metropolitan washington airports authority itself, which operates reagan national airport. they say there is an incident at the airport right now, but things are still developing all the time, and we're trying to figure out exactly what the circumstances were here. if this was a crash of a commercial airliner. that has not happened in the united states in about 15 years. the last major crash of a commercial airliner in the u.s. was the colgan air crash of 2009, left an indelible mark on on aviation, left sweeping regulatory changes that are still being dealt with in aviation to this day. it is a really, really, really busy slice of airsp

reagan airport is off towards the south.iver flows right through there, and the potomac river is right next to the reagan airport. and what we're hearing from our sister station in washington, d.c, is a lot of the debris is on the eastern side of the potomac river, where temperatures right now are5 degrees. you'd maybe be able to survive that if you're in that water for half an hour or less. but of course, that search and rescue effort continues right now. currently, 43 degrees winds out of the south 5 to 10mph gusts tonight. tomorrow we're looking at 44. so a very, very tragic situation out here. raj. and that water temperature again only 35 right now that is ominous for people in the thank you jeff, for people in the d.c. area and here at home, this crash triggers memories of previous plane crashes. back in 1982, air florida flight 90 slammed into the 14th street bridge over the potomac river just moments after takeoff. the cae of that crash? too much ice on the wings. 78 people were killed. tonight's crash marks the first

runway one at reagan national airport. that's what this flight was initially lined up to land on, and then swung out to the east over the shores of the potomac on the maryland side to line up with runway 33, a tactic commonly used by air traffic controllers to keep the pace and flow of airplanes up. you can see all of the lights there on the potomac right now, not only on land, but also on water. police boats have been being put in the water far and wide here in the nation's capital, not only on the virginia side, but also on the maryland side. you can also see the lights of helicopters searching their perhaps in a horrible piece of irony, the united states park police, which were instrumental in making heroic rescues after the crash of air florida flight 90 back in 1982. that flight went sailing off the end of runway one and into the 14th street bridge that connects virginia and maryland. on a frigid day in january of of 1982. those helicopter crews were able to pluck people from the water. but we now know that there are

and something is really happening at reagan national airport. that's when they realize there was an accident. and my heart goes out to everybody in that accident as i spent a lot of time at reagan airport and of landed on that runway a number of times. it's heartbreaking for those in the district of columbia. >> speaker-01: it really is i want to read this as you stand by as this just in from the faa press office and the warning is the information is preliminary and subject to change. it goes on to say that a psa airlines bombardier tran30 regional jet collided in midair with a sikorsky h60 helicopter while on approach to runway 33 at reagan washington national airport around 9:00 p.m. local time. 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 a

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reagan national airport.ere is what we know. 06 passengers and four crew members on board the passenger cigarette wichita. three soldiers on the black hawk which was on a training flight from fort bell car. as of now, despite earlier reports. there are no signs of survivors. >> ainsley: the mid-air collision happened as the plane was approaching the runway just before 9:00 last night. it was caught on camera. we have a warning the footage of this crash that we are about to show you is very hard to watch. >> brian: the plane is circled in red. after a few moments, you can clearly see the mid-air explosion. we learned passengers on the flight had just left the u.s. figure skating championships in kansas. u.s. figure skating saying this, quote: we are devastated by unspeakable tragedy and hold the victim's families closely in our hearts. >> this is what we know. president trump has been fully briefed on the situation. saying may god bless the victims' souls and in roughly an hour and a half, d.c. mayor, muriel b

i'm at reagan national airport. i am joined by united states transportation secretary sean duffy, united states senator jim moran, senator roger marshall, i'm jack potter, the ceo of the metropolitan washington airports authority. we are here to brief you on the very tragic events of this evening, where we know a passenger plane, uh, coming to the airport here collided with a military helicopter. our fire department, dc fire and ems, supported by fire departments and police departments from across the washington metropolitan region, are executing a rescue operation in the potomac river. they are working diligently and very dark and cold conditions. cold water to execute this rescue operation. we have had the opportunity to be briefed by american airlines officials. i'm told that american airlines leadership is on the way to washington as well, and officials are in the airport talking to families. now, we do have a18 hundred number where families should contact us or excuse me, should contact american airlines for mo

an industry insider tells us that situation at reagan national is very unique. it's quite different from flight paths here at sfo because of those many flight restrictions flying into and out of dca. authorities at reagan national, as as they've been saying all morning, are reassuring passengers it is safe to fly into and out of the airport. now, that industry insider also tells us that there is a culture of sharing lessons after a tragedy like this happens, or after an accident happens, they look forward to seeing those lessons and working with the rest of the industry. after the ntsb completes an investigation. we're live at sfo, ginger conejero saab, nbc, bay area news. and hopefully those lessons prevent this from ever happening again. all right, ginger, thank you. now, in every other air crash investigation, the government is very careful not to assign blame until a full investigation has been conducted. scott mcgrew joins us now. president trump seemed to lay some blame on the air traffic controllers and the army pilot this morning at his news conference a

reagan national airport since, i don't know, the mid 70s. it is a challenging airport, but it's one i always enjoy flying in and out of. there's a lot of traffic. the air traffic controllers do a really good job about keeping airplanes separated, and the processes and procedures that pilots follow are very rigorous there. so this is things that the investigators are going to look at. i was very surprised that this occurred in that airspace. the last american air carrier that had a major accident was colgan in 2009. there have been some other serious incidents, you know, asiana in san francisco. but as far as an american air carrier in the united states, it's been 16 years. so what happened here? there's a lot of questions that they will be answers to. secretary duffy will, i'm sure and certainly make make sure that the adequate assets are there to get those answers. so it's a slow process, but it's one that works. >> a new york times investigation in 2023 found that in july of that year, there were 46 close calls with commercial airlines. wh

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we are at reagan national. we're at the airport right now just driving around the maryland side, the virginia side, we could see dozens, if not hundreds of law enforcement vehicles, officers with flashlights pointed at the water. i can tell you, a law enforcement source has told me that just about every agency in the region is responding to this right now. but that same source painted a very grim picture. who's at the scene about what it looks like? it's something pete talked about before. when this goes from being a search and rescue operation to a recovery effort, the more sources i speak with tonight, there is a really somber tone. but right now there is certainly a search operation that is well underway, and they are hopeful that they're going to potentially be able to find people in the water. but time is running out. as we have said, we are at the airport hoping to get some sort of update here in the next little while. we don't know exactly when that's going to happen, but again, we are continuing to talk

tonight, tragedy at washington's reagan national airport.eagle flight 5342 from wichita, kansas, coming in for landing, colliding with the u.s. army black hawk helicopter. this live stream from the kennedy center's earth cam webcam showing the explosion in the air. the plane, carrying 60 passengers and four crew. the black hawk, confirmed to have three army soldiers on board. tonight, the u.s. figure skating team confirming that several members were on board. >> did you see that thing? you saw there? affirmative. 832. >> sorry, i don't know if he caught earlier what happened, but there was a collision on the approach on the 33. we're going to be shutting down operations for the indefinite future. if you want to go back to the gate. highly suggest you guys coordinate with company. let me know what you want to do. >> all right. we'll let the company talking to them right now. yeah, we witnessed the whole thing. >> authorities addressing the incident at a late night press conference. >> at 848. an alert was sounded initiating a large regional r

reagan airport being in the heart of d.c. on a wednesday night some people were heading there for business and people are waiting for information about their loved one. reagan airport when you were coming into the scene was completely blocked off because of course the emergency vehicles were blocking people from accessing around the point which is an area rate outside the airport where you could see the airplanes coming and going on a beautiful day. with dozens of people have come out and brought their kids and basically you get to see all the aircraft takeoff and land right in front of you. but tonight as i was coming in that area was completely courted off as you saw police and firefighters they weren't rushing anything but those station points were set up all throughout the airport and the potomac near the virginia side as well as the d.c. and maryland side across the way. i've seen three or four of these search and rescue points set up here where you can see the flashing police lights but no other indication of those reso

>> bret: so sad, griff jenkins live at reagan national. i will discuss the investigation into the collision with senator tim kaine later in the show. ♪ >> bret: president trump's pick to lead the intelligence community process for any in his administration at least to far. former congresswoman tulsi gabbard, nominee for director of national intention facing bipartisan criticism over positions on russia, syria, and national security leaks chad pergram says all about the math. capitol hill. >> bret, good evening, gabbard is believed to be the most endangered nominee of all. up to six republicans could have concerns about gabbard. she is trying to flip doubts tos to yes. >> what will you say to republican skeptics? anything that you will extend? >> into the hearing. >> chad: one g.o.p. senator on the fence is susan collins of maine a swing vote on many nominees and sits on the intelligence committee. opposition from collins could block gabbard's nomination from hitting the floor. >> i have not made a final decision. she responded well to my q

collided with an army helicopter carrying 3 as it was on final approach to reagan national airport. the video shows the flash of light the moment of the collision and the president talked to the nation this morning. >> i speak you this morning and our of anguish and we have in the first lady myself and 340 million americans. our hearts are shattered alongside your. i haven't heard much. i got work and i straight here to be a part friends this morning. we all share and a profound sense agree we and survivors. >> and now a live look this morning at the potomac river. the location of one of the crash sites, the helicopter. and you can see there are boats circling around is they're continuing their recovery efforts this morning. >> is it 10? it's game week. breaking news. we everything that you need to know about the crash with our breaking news story that we're following for the nation's capital. >> families in mourning after an american airlines passenger jet collided with an army black hawk helicopter and that killing everybody on board. both of those aircrafts. >> thank you for join

reagan airport.t coming from new york, alejandro mayorkas was on board in first class, that plane was diverted and returned to new york and mayorkas was seen getting off with his security detail. taking you back to the scene, active search and rescue in the potomac river. there are no sign of survivors. >> ashley: in reference to russian skaters, apparently the russian coach and the ice skater, they were married and then you talk about the ice skaters, the u.s. figure skaters, preteen and teenage age. it is horrific to think about. i want to ask you a question, whenever these pilots of the black hawk take this route, how long are they training before they do something like this? >> lucas: army helicopter pilots have to stay current, certain number of flight hours per month. part of training is to fly at night. these flights are very routine here in the nation's capitol ital. it is not uncommon for a black hawk to come overhead 100, 200 feet. with the pentagon on the other side of the airport black ha

that jet was on final approach to reagan national to land at reagan national.e and the helicopter both crashed into the potomac river. we do have security cam footage that shows the collision as it took place in the distance. there is a light that you see approaching the camera. that is, we believe, the american airlines flight, and then you see another light going into before we see an explosion or an apparent explosion that we believe is the sikorsky helicopter. exactly what caused this? who might have been, you know, in the wrong spot or why were they in the same airspace? we don't know that. that remains to be determined by investigators. as you take. a look at this situation, keep in mind that we're looking at line subsidiary psa airlines is the subsidiary 60 passengers, four crew members. it was on a direct flight from wichita, kansas. as you take a look at of shares of american airlines, this always comes up when there is a crash. will there be an impact on shares of the airline that's involved? yeah, there may be some pressure this morning, but it's too

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eastern time. >> near reagan national airport.w members on board. officials say the. >> black hawk. >> helicopter, which is part of the 12th. >> aviation battalion. >> from fort. >> belvoir. >> had three people on board. >> the battalion is responsible for transporting vip. >> passengers. usually top. >> pentagon leaders. >> none were on board at the. >> time. an army official tells. nbc news they were on a training flight. >> audio appears to show the moment air traffic controllers witnessed the crash and relayed information to other pilots. >> american four. >> 721032017. >> did you see that? >> i don't know. >> if. >> he caught. earlier what happened, but. >> there was a. >> collision on the approaching two, three, three. we're going to be shutting. >> down operations. >> for the indefinite future. >> if you want to go back. >> to the gate, i suggest you guys. >> coordinate with somebody. >> let me know what. >> you. >> want. to do. >> all right? >> we'll let the company. >> talking to them right now. yeah. >> we. >> witnessed

look from washington, d.c., at reagan.ional officials are confirming no survivors in a collision between an american airlines passenger jet and an army black hawk helicopter. >> 67, people in all are dead. and that's the live look there at the potomac river. it is very cold. there are chunks of ice floating in the water is search and rescue teams have a switched from a rescue operation to now a recovery operation. that plane was trying to land at reagan national airport. local first responders confirmed again that there were 64 people in all on the aircraft had includes passengers and crew members the 3 soldiers on the black hawk helicopter. all flights in and out of reagan have been canceled until at least 11 o'clock today, eastern time in about 5 minutes. we're going to hear the latest in a live report from our dc bureau. so stay tuned for that. >> it's 6.14, looking outside from above san francisco. skies are a little bit clearer than they were at this time yesterday. beautiful view looking down before we do get that ra

potomac at reagan national airport.g in from wichita, and a regional jet can carry anywhere from 50 to 100 people, depending on how crowded it is, how busy it is. and then a black hawk helicopter. and anybody who's been to reagan airport, you know that there is a lot of military type of helicopter activity right over the river, right across the river, because of course, we've got we've got the helicopter base that handles everything for the white house, for the president. and then you've got an awful lot of diplomatic type of helicopter traffic up and down the river. so exactly how this happened, how we have this apparent collision mid-air over the potomac river. and at this report, at this moment, we have reports that both the plane and the chopper are, in fact, in the water. it is a massive response, complicated. it has been complicated by the fact that we have had a very icy potomac river because it was so cold here over the past week. and, rachel, we had a horrific accident on one of the bridges last week between th

all flights at reagan national are under a ground stop right now. is a massive response from emergency crews, d.c. fire, and police on the scene as well as the coast guard. again, that commercial jet was on final approach not far from landing when it collided somehow with the blackhawk helicopter. american airlines is saying it is aware of reports that the flight operated by a regional airline was involved. we will keep you updated as we learn more. we'll certainly have more throughout the evening on pix+, also, at 11:00, but again, regional passenger jet colliding with a blackhawk helicopter in midair on approach to reagan national airport. of course, all incoming and outgoing flights have been halted as we continue this search and recovery and we're told that the airline is in the potomac river and right now cbs news has confirmed it is an american airlines jet. again, more information coming in. we'll continue to follow this. thanks again for watching. we'll see you at 11:00 with much more news. ♪ announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! give

i've spent a lot of time flying out of reagan or into reagan or on the water at the potomac itself. it is a very busy airspace, very congested. we'll have park police helicopters and blackhawk helicopters as well as coast guard. it will be a long investigation to find out bill and dana how these two aircraft were at exactly the same place at the same time. horrific tragedy that brings back memories of 1982 when the air florida flight crashed into the 14th street bridge. >> bill: wichita mayor is now talking. >> an american airlines jet carrying 64 people plunged into the potomac river after colliding in midair with an army helicopter on wednesday night. we're hearing recovery teams in washington, d.c. have pulled more than two dozen bodies from the icy waters. we do not know yet final confirmation on all of the individuals who were on that flight and, of course, we'll share that information, but not before families have been first contacted. congressman is here with us this morning and invite him to say a few words. >> thank you, mayor, and thank you for all the city council members

this crash happened at dca, also known as the reagan airport.rt at the national airport. that's why it makes a lot more sense that a plane carrying about 60 passengers would be landing there. and there are a number of flights scheduled to fly there directly from sfo this morning. as of right now, the airport is shut down. it could reopen as early as 8:00 our time this morning at the earliest. but we heard from those officials who say that is still part of the plan. we also heard from east bay congressman eric swalwell. he tells us over the phone what the priorities in congress will be today. >> we have to understand whether the congested air traffic in this region was a part of the cause. we also need to understand, you know, whether we have enough air traffic controllers to deconflict congested areas. and so there's a lot we have to do. >> swalwell tells us he was at the airport coming home from houston moments before the crash happened. he says he did not see it or hear it at the time. but this morning we also heard from the transportation sec

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here's the president at the time, ronald reagan.two weeks ago, in the midst of a terrible tragedy on the potomac, we saw again the spirit of american heroism at its finest the heroism of dedicated rescue workers saving crash victims from icy waters. and we saw the heroism of one of our young government employees, lenny skutnik, who, when he saw a woman lose her grip on the helicopter line, dived into the water and dragged her to safety. now it was ronald reagan talking about that tragedy that started the tradition of american presidents inviting heroes to the state of the union address, and taking a moment to recognize them. other news, president trump says he wants to transfer as many as 30,000 migrants to guantanamo bay as they go through deportation. this is the same naval base where american america rather holds accused terrorists, though it is also used to process cubans and haitian migrants rescued at sea. you know, that is something that the white house is working on to use resources that we currently have there at guantanamo

you'd be leaving from reagan or you'd be going into reagan, but you'd be going from smaller airports. in other words, you wouldn't necessarily fly that plane from, you know, jfk airport, for example, or from this is going to be a smaller airport or airplane, i should say, coming in and handling this kind of regional jet service. and then, of course, the question is, what exactly was happening with this sikorsky h-60 helicopter over the river? it appears they collided over the potomac river, and the river is right off of that runway that you mentioned right off of runway three three. any air traffic into and out of reagan airport goes right over the river. and that helicopter, there are many, many helicopter operations constantly moving up and down the river at reagan airport because of not only the marine one detachment that is assigned to help transport the president, but also you've got an awful lot of ambassadors or diplomatic type of activity with helicopters moving up and down the river as well. it's very, very crowded. >> yeah. tom, it's such. >> a busy traffic. >> area and. >>

airlines passenger jet collided with an army black hawk helicopter as it was coming into land at ronald reagan, washington national airport near washington, d.c.c this video from earth cam at the kennedy space center captures the impact. you see that big flash followed by debris falling down. thank you for joining us here on kron for news at 11. >> i'm noelle bellow and i'm dan thorn, a massive search and rescue effort underway right now in the potomac river. this crash happening around 09:00pm eastern time. we're going to be taking a live picture now right now of the scene. a huge response. multiple law enforcement agencies are out there right now. they've been out there for hours. there have been multiple fatalities reported. and that's according to a person that is familiar with the matter. but that precise number of victims still unclear at this hour. it has been 5 hours of search and rescue efforts. it is cold out there tonight. >> but those crews have remained on scene looking for anyone in the water there. american airlines has confirmed that there were 60 passengers on board as well as

reagan national airport will be closed until 11 o'clock. that's when the first flights will take off. but we're going to continue to do our best and work through this situation over the course of the night. and we hope to have more news as it develops. but for right now, it's it's very difficult situation out there with a cold. very dark, but there are numerous boats out there and they're a dive teams out there. so again, we'll continue to work this situation and i'll turn it back to them. thank you very much. >> thanks for that update in. i do. you've heard that and the national capital region. the district, of course, is washington, d.c., is at the center. but we are a close region. we have heard from the governors of maryland and virginia, the mayor the city of baltimore, all who have sent u.s. personnel to help in the rescue operations. last thing on notice just to our local viewership and just please let our first responders do their work tried to let our vehicles get to scenes and through scenes. we don't want anybody else to get hurt

he's near ronald reagan national airport. joseph, we're getting a lot of our information from you and your team. tell me what what? you know that we don't know right now. >> yeah. that's the million dollar question. two words. extremely rough. that is how first responders are describing the work that they are doing right now to pull the people who were on this american airlines flight out of the potomac river. i'm going to take you to washington, dc. i know people from across the country and the world are watching us on msnbc. that is reagan national airport, with all of the red lights shining and flashing. this is the potomac river, but there are pockets of first responders and boats and divers across this river. there are helicopters flying over the potomac river, shining their light down. continuing this search, we are told over 301st responders working here. they have fire boats from around the dc metro area. and again, we. heard that the describing the way that first responders were describing this is that it's extremely

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it's right across the potomac from reagan national. and here you'll see that flash of light, the moment of impact there and the debris falling into the potomac right now. first responders are there on the water flights in and out of that airport resumed at about 8 o'clock this morning, our time and we will have much more live coverage on what's going on and bring you the very latest. but first, we want to get a look at the weather and traffic this thursday morning. john. >> thank you. we are looking outside at a little bit of low stratus across the bay area this morning. much as we saw yesterday at the same time. so bit of an overcast start, but a mild start. here's your view at the embarcadero skies out. there are clear enough at the surface. so you're doing all right. not a lot of fog to be talking about. temperatures in the 40's to 50's. currently we started the morning this way and we're going to be pretty level today. oakland, you're at 57 right now. that's about where you're going stay into the afternoon as we make our way throug

>> yeah, reagan is an interesting place. and certainly following nine over 11, new restrictions were put on flying in and out of the d.c. area. if you're flying, particularly in the national, you have to be in your seat usually like 30 minutes before landing, strapped in, and the aircraft pretty much buttoned up, ready for landing. there's restricted, prohibited airspace over the city of d.c. proper, over the mall and the capitol building, the white house, no aircraft except for maybe marine one is allowed to fly in that airspace. and then there are very narrow corridors where they operate in and out of dca. as you come up and down the potomac river. so it's a very, as i said, very channeled, very controlled. and that's why it's kind of curious. this happened because there are very tight procedures as far as far as following flying in and out of that airspace. >> mike mccarron, we appreciate your insight. it's good to connect with you. unfortunately, on a day like today. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> t

kris van cleave is at reagan airport, and kris, how could this have happened?rter: well, john, one of the many questions ntsb investigators are going to seek to understand here was a decision by air-traffic controllers to move this plane from one runway to another not long before the accident happened. they also want to understand the communications between air-traffic controllers and those army pilots. did they understand where this plane was and where to look for it in time? just before 9:00 last night, video shows american flight 5342 from wichita descending toward the nation's capital on what had been an unremarkable trip. but then a collision a few hundred feet above the icy potomac river. >> crash, crash, crash. this is alert three. crash, crash, crash. >> reporter: the aircraft broke apart into three pieces. >> we are looking for an aircraft versus a helicopter in the potomac. >> reporter: first responders, police, fire, and coast guard rushed to the banks of the potomac. in the waist-deep water, they found a horrific scene of mangled metal, luggage, and

nicole sganga at reagan airport. thank you. >>> let's bring in jarred hill with more on the investigation. midair collisions are extremely rare. we haven't had a major crash in the u.s. in 16 years. what safeguards are in place to prevent this from happening? >> there are so many safeguards put in place to try and stop this from happening. one is a tcas, mandated since 1989 in all airline cockpits. it would sign an alert, provide some kind of auditory messaging there to try and make sure that folks know that if there is someone nearby, they can try to avoid each other. there's also what you're looking at, the radar system that air traffic controllers have access to. this is something that would -- we're seeing here showing the helicopter, it seems, approaching that jet -- that commercial jet there before that collision happens. they're in constant communication with each other. one of the questions here is with that tcas system. what we know from robert sumwalt, a cbs news transportation safety analyst and a former c

washington correspondent jessi tenure reports from ronald reagan national airport. she walks us through that massive recovery mission that's underway this morning. take a look. hundreds of first responders are still here on scene while the airport likely remains closed until later this morning. >> i off on and it was just gone. and american airlines flight carrying 60 passengers and 4 crew members collided with an army helicopter wednesday night while landing at ronald reagan national airport near washington, d.c., all runway buzz. nobody's going to be no one moving at 3 soldiers were on board the helicopter for a training flight. the crash prompted a large search and rescue operation and the potomac river. i want the folks to back home to just do that. we care that we love them. kansas senators roger marshall and jerry moran were on scene since the regional jet departed from wichita. i know that flight. >> i've flown it many times myself as investigators try to piece together the plane's final moments. president donald trump said he had been, quote, fully briefed o

flying on reagan airport the pilots are extremely busy. i don't know how many times i have flown in and out of here the pilots come on the intercom and give a final landing briefing. and then they say we're going to be very busy for the next few minutes so the last you will hear from us. they are keeping eyes open. they are flying the plane back and forth. particularly when you come from the north. it's a really really meandering route with a very hard right hand turn over the 14th street bridge at the end come in the point and land on the runway 31, i believe it is. and so, if there was another aircraft in the area that they weren't expecting to be there, even if the warnings went off, they would probably be kind of like what the heck is that? and then, boom, it's all over. things just happen so quickly here on the final approach to this airport. >> brian: john roberts, thanks so much. stay right there. >> steve: it's 7:00 in washington, d.c. hour two of "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> ainsley: if you are just waking up with us, we

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the commercial aircraft at reagan national.h a helicopter anywhere near where a regional jet was coming in for landing is a mystery. uh- the problem with this time of year is obviously the water is quite cold. there is water. there is ice on the potomac most of the way up towards the key bridge. and so getting anybody that is still alive out of the water quickly is going to be the real key for the fire department here. but i'll tell you, some of the video that we've seen is quite disturbing. and it does appear that there was a flash, which means that this is probably going to be a very significant and very serious mishap. >> steve. thank you. stand in line with us. please go to katherine faulders, our abc news senior investigative correspondent in washington. katherine, what more can you tell us? >> hey, byron, i apologize. you can hear the announcements behind me here, but we're at dca, the washington airport here, right in the middle of the city. and just to put this in perspective, i fly out of this airport a lot, and they c

so coming into reagan. number one is traffic. >> even though you brief. >> it and. >> you discuss it. >> and you're ready and you you've. >> got it. >> sorted out. this is a perfect example. >> of how sometimes. >> things just unfold in a. >> way that you really don't expect. >> even with. >> experienced pilots. >> yes. and if you listen to some of the reports that cnn has done with some some other very famous pilots that we have, they have said that they've been into this airport many, many times with helicopters. >> flying underneath them. >> so it's a standard procedure. >> something was. >> different last night. >> something happened that. >> was different. >> enough to. >> bring the airplanes together. the aircraft came. >> together whenever there. >> was an. >> air traffic tragedy. >> lessons are learned. >> i'm wondering if you think what what lessons might be learned at. >> this time. this is a procedural accident. >> we need to. >> get deeper into the procedures of how the helicopters. >> are flyin

senator, you have flown in and out of reagan national for decades. one thing during that time is the air traffic has essentially doubled from 15 million people a year to 25 million last year. we know there is a problem with america's air traffic control system. we need more air traffic controllers. >> that has been made very clear by the questioning of sean duffy as secretary of transportation and also been a big concern of ap appropriators in the united states senate and even in the republican caucus about the need for more faa controllers. so it is a big issue before the congress of the united states and we got to accept the fact we have to have safety of the airways and the faa plays a very major role in it, almost the sole role. >> brian: senator, before i let you go, quick thing. pretty clear senator thune leaned on the senator from north carolina to vote for pete hegseth and put him over the top. looks like senator cassidy might be on the fence when it comes to voting for r.f.k. jr., your thoughts about talking to him about getting him through,

it was recorded by a security camera at reagan national airport.you can see that giant orange fireball with pieces of the debris falling from the sky. again, a collision between a passenger jet commercial plane and a military blackhawk helicopter. joining me now from washington is cnn military analyst and retired u.s. air force colonel cedric leighton. um, you know, i've lived in dc. i know you have spent a lot of time in dc. for those that live there, it may be commonplace to look up in the sky and you see military aircraft, you see commercial planes, you see all different levels. you might see police helicopters, all different levels. in jurisdictions of aircraft that are in the sky, um, from a military perspective, what types of aircraft are typically in the sky in washington, d.c.? why would a black hawk helicopter be flying potentially this close to reagan national airport? >> yeah, omar, that's a great question. well, one of the key things that these helicopters do is provide transport to officials. and also they ferry, you know, things like