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US planes' collision should have been prevented: Trump

Thu, 30 January 2025
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A local journalist on the banks of the Potomac River. Pic: Carlos Barria/Reuters
A local journalist on the banks of the Potomac River. Pic: Carlos Barria/Reuters
President Donald Trump said early this morning that the midair collision between a US Army helicopter and American Airlines passenger plane was a "bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented.

"The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn't the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn't the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

"This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!' the president continued.