Plane crash in DC.

@TheHorse (223840)

Walnut Creek, California

January 30, 2025 1:26pm CST

By now you've read about the plane crash in Washington DC. A military helicopter and a commercial airliner collided in mid-air over the Potomac River. The commercial airliner was on final approach to Reagan airport on a flight from Kansas. The military helicopter was on a routine training mission based in nearby Virginia. Close to 70 people are feared dead. Apparently several high level ice skaters from the US and Russia were onboard the commercial airliner. It strikes me as odd that with all of the advanced technology we have out there (high-tech radar, collision warning systems on aircraft, etc.) things like this can still happen. I am sure we'll be hearing more about this as the investigation commences. I hope nobody is so vulgar as to try and politicize this accident, at least until all of the facts are known. As with all accidents, there has to have been a "perfect storm" to allow it to happen. Have you ever known anyone who died in a plane crash? I do not think I have. Are you afraid of flying? I am not, really, but I'm always aware that I am "totally giving up control" when I step into an airplane.

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@Tampa_girl7 (51736)

• United States

30 Jan

I knew someone that was in a crash, but survived. I haven’t been on a plane in many years. I was never afraid. I was saddened to hear of this crash.

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jan

I was too. I will be following the investigation.

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@wolfgirl569 (112259)

• Marion, Ohio

30 Jan

The Rump has already politicized it. He is blaming Biden and even Obama.

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@wolfgirl569 (112259)

• Marion, Ohio

31 Jan

@TheHorse Yes and the newest is maybe a woman pilot

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

@wolfgirl569 Woman pilot? On which aircraft?

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

Are you serious?

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@celticeagle (171912)

• Boise, Idaho

31 Jan

Trump ordered that air traffic controller were ordered out or whatever and I wonder if that had something to do with this. There were no survivors. How horrific. Trumps smart come back asked by a reporter why he felt this had anything to do with the DEI and his response was "common sense". What a creep.

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@celticeagle (171912)

• Boise, Idaho

31 Jan

@TheHorse .......huh?

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

Are you sure this is not AI or Liberal BS reporting?

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

@celticeagle I saw that clip this evening. Would Trump, as President of the United States, really say such a thing? I find it "over the top." But maybe he really said it.

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@kaylachan (75542)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

30 Jan

I'm afraid of take off, but then I'm fine. But crashes are rare, but never impossible.

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jan

In general, take off and landing are the most "dangerous" parts of a flight.

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@kaylachan (75542)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

31 Jan

@TheHorse Yeah, I know.

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@FourWalls (71751)

• United States

30 Jan

I can name three musicians who lost a parent in a plane crash: Joe Walsh, Linda McCartney, and Frank Sinatra. My old training officer in VRC-40 was killed in a plane crash off an aircraft carrier after he left the squadron. I’d hate to think that was an intentional act, but watching the footage I think Stevie Wonder could have seen that plane from the helicopter.

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@FourWalls (71751)

• United States

30 Jan

@TheHorse — that’s what my brother said (if they were flying on instruments they weren’t “looking”); however, the early reports said that the tower told the chopper of the plane and the chopper said they saw it.

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

@FourWalls That's where human fallibility comes it. At 8 PM in Winter, does "saw it" mean they know which plane they saw?

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jan

Maybe they were fiddling with night goggles.

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@lovebuglena (45688)

• Staten Island, New York

30 Jan

Not sure if this qualifies me being afraid of flying or not but I’d never get on a helicopter or a very small plane. Im more or less ok on big planes once we have taken off and are flying. I am not sure of the details but I have a feeling this was no accident.

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

I have been on very small planes. It was "exciting." But I was glad when we landed. What makes you think it s not an accident?

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

@lovebuglena It all comes down to statistics. As I mentioned in a recent post, I was almost run over in a Safeway parking lot by a 90-year-old women who simply could not see. By the grace of God (or simple coincidence), I am still alive.

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@lovebuglena (45688)

• Staten Island, New York

31 Jan

@TheHorse I guess I’m scared of small aircraft. It’s just a feeling I have but it’s probably wrong.

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@ptrikha_2 (47438)

• India

31 Jan

A very sad incident. Very surprising and shocking that Air Traffic controllers could not prevent it. Millitary vehicles ought to follow a totally different path. I have not checked news as to what the investigation reports suggest. Yet I hope that extra care is followed in the future

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@ptrikha_2 (47438)

• India

1 Feb

@TheHorse There was one report in the International news section in newspaper today regarding black box retrieval. I have not checked in detail. More details will come later. Yet in another news, some analysts pointed out that the airspace around Washington DC is very congested and needs efforts to de-congest. Reason is the presence of 3 airports quite close enough. Plus Military aircrafts and helicopters.

@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

I imagine the investigation will take some time.

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@luisadannointed (7245)

• Philippines

1 Feb

And it more sad because one of them is a Filipino official under the Philippine National Police. And if you will only see his last video with her little daughter crying in the airport because she doesn't want her dad to leave her... The family is really heartbroken as they were flying to USA to verify and claim the body.

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@sallypup (63084)

• Centralia, Washington

30 Jan

I always get a bit of a lurch in my gut when I feel the plane totally in the air. RIP to those people.

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@sallypup (63084)

• Centralia, Washington

31 Jan

@TheHorse Interesting. You don't worry about crashing once you've left the ground.

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

@sallypup Yep. Takeoffs and landing are the most "dangerous" parts of airplane flights.

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

I feel a sense of relief when I feel the plane moving toward the sky and away from the ground.

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@JudyEv (347315)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Jan

We heard about this. It's all the Democrats' fault apparently.

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

Heh. That would be a tough one to suggest, given that Trump is "president" and has been threatening to fire current government workers, increasing their stress load. I don't know if people in aviation are among those threatened, though.

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@Shiva49 (26944)

• Singapore

31 Jan

With thousands of aircrafts up above every moment, we take for granted that nothing like this will happen. It is well worth a fool-proof study to determine the cause rather than pointing accusing fingers prematurely Thankfully, no one close to me has been in a plane accident.

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

I am sure the investigation will take awhile. Finger-pointing with no evidence is just silly.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (16792)

• Raurkela, India

31 Jan

Life is uncertain. Now if people die in plane crash we can't stop traveling by air.

@Danielclark691 (1360)

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30 Jan

Very tragic accident

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

I am sure there will be a thorough investigation. I feel for the families of those lost.

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@jaylar (1017)

• Kingston, Jamaica

31 Jan

I was a child, on a plane that almost crashed so was afraid to fly for many years. I got over it, eventually. Then, I saw a plane blow up when I was at University in Barbados.

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@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

Yikes! What made it blow up? Were people killed?

@TheHorse (223840)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jan

@jaylar I'll have to search that one.

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14792)

• Torrington, Connecticut

31 Jan

I still cant make sense of what happened

@nela13 (58817)

• Portugal

31 Jan

I am afraid of flying and everytime I hear about a plane crash my fear grows. It was an accident and accidents happen.

@thedevilinme (4271)

• Northampton, England

31 Jan

Trumps comments just appalling