Trump Claims Plane Crash Could Have Been Avoided

Marina Magomedova
30 Jan 2025
12:50
Trump Claims Plane Crash Could Have Been Avoided

U.S. President Donald Trump is convinced that the plane crash near Washington involving figure skaters could have been prevented.

On January 30, an American Airlines plane departing from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River. There were 64 people on board, including 60 passengers, among them figure skaters Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, who became world champions in 1994, and four crew members. The helicopter was carrying three U.S. Army personnel.

Despite ongoing searches, no survivors have yet been discovered. Low water temperatures and cold weather in the Potomac River, the site of the plane crash, are complicating the rescue.

Donald Trump on his social media page
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. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented

It’s worth noting that the national figure skating championship took place in Wichita from January 20 to 26. According to American figure skater John Maravilla in an interview with RIA Novosti Sport, there may have been 14 athletes on board the crashed plane.

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