
'Tower, did you see that?’: Audio from control tower seconds after horrific plane crash in Washington
Hindustan TimesA US passenger jet carrying 64 people crashed into Washington's Potomac River after colliding mid air with a military helicopter at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington on Wednesday. Less than 30 seconds before the crash, an air traffic controller asked the helicopter if it had the arriving plane in sight: “PAT25, do you have the CRJ in sight?” It then again makes another radio call to PAT25 moments later: “PAT 25 pass behind the CRJ.” However, no response was received, and the two aircraft collided seconds later. Seconds later, another pilot is heard calling after the apparent collision: “Tower, did you see that?” The air traffic controller then immediately began diverting other aircraft from the Reagan National Airport, according to AP. Washington DC plane crash According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the midair collision occurred around 9pm EST when a regional jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, crashed into a military Blackhawk helicopter while on approach to an airport runway.
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