From Washington: Devastating DC Plane Crash Sends Shockwaves Across the Country

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🗓️ 1 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On Wednesday evening, an American Airlines passenger jet collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter in midair near Washington, D.C. Tragically, all passengers and crew from both aircraft lost their lives in the accident. This marks the first U.S. commercial airline crash in 16 years and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the incident was "absolutely" preventable. Dr. Alan Diehl, a former National Transportation Safety Board investigator and human factors specialist examines the investigation and the government's response. Congress returned with yet another week of contentious confirmation hearings. This week featured some of President Trump's most controversial Cabinet nominees, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, who answered tough questions not only from Democrats but Republicans as well. FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram discusses key takeaways from the heated week on Capitol Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.3	Federal investigators and the flying public are looking for answers after the deadliest aviation disaster in this country in decades.
0:46.3	The good news is they're so rare when they occur, they're global headlines.
0:51.3	And of course, everybody understandably empathizes with the you know the terrible loss of life
0:57.5	I'm Ryan Schmels a contentious week on Capitol Hill as President Trump's cabinet nominees face questions from
1:04.5	not just Democrats but also Republicans J.D. Vance the president, he put out a statement a couple of days ago
1:11.6	where he basically kind of held this sort of Damocles over the shoulders of many Republicans
1:18.3	who said R.F.K. Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, both former Democrats, of course, are now part of the
1:24.5	new Republican coalition. And for senators to reject them is an insult, is what he said, an insult to these voters and also to kind of undercut the president.
1:36.2	This is the Fox News rundown from Washington. The mid-air collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an army helicopter
1:53.2	is the deadliest aviation accident in the U.S. since 2001, and the first major crash
1:59.8	since a Colgan air jet went down in Buffalo in 2009.
2:03.6	Now the question is why and can a similar catastrophe be prevented in the future?
2:09.6	Finding those answers can take time.
2:12.6	As a Friday night, divers were still recovering victims from the frigid Potomac River and trying to secure
2:18.6	keys to the investigation, like flight data and voice recorders, commonly known as the black boxes.
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