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Hello and welcome to a special episode of the excerpt.

I'm Taylor Wilson.

Today is Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

On January 29th, a mid-air collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet over the Potomac River shocked

the nation. The crash killed 67 people and called into question the safety of air traffic

control operations. Just a few days following the crash, President Donald Trump placed the blame on

DEI initiatives, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and even the pilot of the

Army Black Hawk helicopter.

Yesterday, the preliminary findings from the National Transportation Safety Board's investigation into the tragedy were released. So what did that report reveal? And is it still safe to fly?

USA Today, aviation reporter Zach Wichter now joins me to discuss findings from the report. Thanks for

wrapping on, Zach. My pleasure. Thanks for having me. And right off the top, I just want to

address something that was in your introduction, which is to say that flying is absolutely still

extremely safe. I have been saying this to basically everyone who will listen since this DC crash and

then obviously also the Toronto

incident happened. These are tragedies and they're scary to see obviously and we're all very

grateful that everyone on the plane in Toronto survived and the industry learns from every

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