American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, should’ve landed safe and sound on Wednesday if not for an avoidable collision in the air.
The commercial passenger plane that collided with a Black Hawk chopper over the icy Potomac River in Washington, DC, was mere seconds away from landing when it was clipped and split in half in the air.
Now, we are seeing new footage that shows this entire event could’ve been avoided.
New footage shows just how much time the Black Hawk helicopter had before everything went terribly wrong.
🚨Breaking: A new video reveals how much time the helicopter had to divert, casting serious doubt on the possibility that this was an accident ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/4ylRrPMfnr
— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) January 30, 2025
In the video alone, you can see as much as 30 seconds, which was more than enough time to avoid American Airlines Flight 5342 and everyone on both aircrafts being alive and enjoying life.
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