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<v Speaker 1>Many dead bodies with four persons alive have been reportedly

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<v Speaker 1>pulled out from river after a commercial plane with sixty

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<v Speaker 1>passengers and four crew members on board, flying from Wichita

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<v Speaker 1>Airport in Kansas City to Washington, d C. Had a

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<v Speaker 1>collision with a military helicopter Midain while the jet was

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<v Speaker 1>descending to land at Regan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.

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<v Speaker 1>The collision caused both aircraft to fall or crash into

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<v Speaker 1>Potomac River in Virginia state that borders Maryland and Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>d C. In the United States of America USA on

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesday night, as at the time of filing in this report.

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<v Speaker 1>On Thursday afternoon, more rescue boats were seen inside the

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<v Speaker 1>Potomac River with more than three hundred rescue team members

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<v Speaker 1>who continued to search for survivals, and the small passenger's

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<v Speaker 1>plane had been pulled out of the river. Local media

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<v Speaker 1>reported that at least eighteen bodies had been recovered as

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<v Speaker 1>of twelve thirty am Thursday, and there are three debris

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<v Speaker 1>fields from the crash. Police reportedly told newsmen the US

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<v Speaker 1>black House military helicopter was said to be in training

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<v Speaker 1>when it held a collision with Flight five three four

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<v Speaker 1>two that had sixty four people on board. Fatalities have

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<v Speaker 1>been confirmed, and law enforcements and rescue teams are on site,

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<v Speaker 1>according to leave footage published by Routers on its first

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<v Speaker 1>book handle on Thursday afternoon, An Outcome captured footage of

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<v Speaker 1>the collision where the passengers jet and the military helicopter

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<v Speaker 1>exploded with a ballfire before both fell into the river.

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<v Speaker 1>As seen in the video footage, all takeoffs and landings

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<v Speaker 1>at Regular National Airport are currently posed. According to the

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<v Speaker 1>airport authorities. Sixty four people aboard the passenger jets American

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<v Speaker 1>Airline says, and three soldiers aboard the helicopter. A US

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<v Speaker 1>official said. Senator Roger Marshall of Cancers said, as reported

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<v Speaker 1>by Routers, that it's really held when you use probably

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<v Speaker 1>over sixty canserms simultaneously, and I don't want to forget

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<v Speaker 1>the pilots and the flight attendance. When one person dies,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a tragedy, but when many, many, many people die,

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<v Speaker 1>it's an unbearable sorrow. It's a heart bread beyond me.

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<v Speaker 1>Jo Jack Potter, president of the Metropolitan Washington Airport's Authority,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a very difficult situation out there with the cold

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<v Speaker 1>it's very dark, but there are numerous boats out there.

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<v Speaker 1>There are dive teams out there. John Donnelly, Fire and

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<v Speaker 1>M's Chief Washington DC. At eight fifty eight, the first

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<v Speaker 1>units arrived on the scene and found an aircraft in

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<v Speaker 1>the water and began rescue operations. This incident has grown.

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<v Speaker 1>There's currently about three hundred responders working. It's a highly

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<v Speaker 1>complex operation. The conditions out there are extremely rough for

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<v Speaker 1>the responders. It's cold. They are dealing with relatively winding conditions.

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<v Speaker 1>US Transportation Secretary Seohn Duffy says he spoke to President

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<v Speaker 1>Trump and his department would offer full support to those

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<v Speaker 1>on the ground. This is may of burial Bowser. They

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<v Speaker 1>are working diligently in very dark and cold conditions, cold

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<v Speaker 1>water to execute this rescue operation. CVS News reported that

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<v Speaker 1>at least eighteen bodies have been recovered so far, citing

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<v Speaker 1>a police official. Two sources told routers multiple bodies had

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<v Speaker 1>been pulled from the water. Police said multiple agencies were

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<v Speaker 1>involved in the search and rescue operation in the Potomac River,

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<v Speaker 1>which borders the airport. Dozens of police, ambulance and rescue units,

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<v Speaker 1>some FEIGN boats stretched along the river and rested to

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<v Speaker 1>positions along the turmak of Reagan Airport. Light TV images

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<v Speaker 1>showed several boats in the water, flash and blue and

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<v Speaker 1>red lights. The airport said LT on Wednesday that all

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<v Speaker 1>takeoffs and landings have been haunted as emergency personal responded

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<v Speaker 1>to an aircraft incident. The US Army said in a

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<v Speaker 1>statement that it could confound that the aircraft involved in

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<v Speaker 1>tonight's incident was an early UH sixty helicopter out of

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<v Speaker 1>Fort Beaver, Virginia. Airwall camera shot from the Kennedy Center

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<v Speaker 1>in Washington showed an explosion mid air across the Potomac

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<v Speaker 1>about at forty seven pm oh one four seven gmt,

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<v Speaker 1>with an aircraft in flames, falling rapidly. According to routers,

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<v Speaker 1>there is now an active rescue operation underway at the

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<v Speaker 1>Potomac River in Washington, DC after a passenger plane operated

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<v Speaker 1>by American Airlines collided within with a black Hawk helicopter

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<v Speaker 1>while trying to land. Say THEES News, Chris Vanclive reports

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<v Speaker 1>that this is the first commercial airline crash in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States since a regional flight crashed in Buffalo, New

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<v Speaker 1>York in two thousand and nine. This was an unparalleled

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<v Speaker 1>period of aviation, something that appears to have come to

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<v Speaker 1>an end tonight, Van Cliff said. White House Press Secretary

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<v Speaker 1>Caroline Levitt says President Trump is monitoring rescue operations of

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<v Speaker 1>the Potomac plane crash between a military black Hawk helicopter

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<v Speaker 1>and a regional Jetsaman. Lady Greeny, you renee in a

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<v Speaker 1>more digital way,