Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) mentioned Wednesday’s aircraft crash close to Ronald Reagan Nationwide Airport that left dozens useless is an “unbearable sorrow.”
“When one person dies, it’s a tragedy, but when many, many, many people die, it’s an unbearable sorrow,” Marshall mentioned right through a press convention on Thursday along Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan) and legislation enforcement companies. “It’s a heartbreak beyond measure.”
“And, I know Senator Moran and I are here just to … to say we care,” he added. “We wish that there was more we could do.”
Just about 60 folks had been believed to be on an American Airways flight which collided midair with an army helicopter in a while previous to touchdown at Reagan Airport in Virginia. Officers have mentioned there have been no survivors.
In keeping with American Airways, the flight was once en course from Wichita, Kan.
“I want the folks … back home [to just] know that we care, that we love them and that this is [the] time when — when we’ll have to join arms together and, and help each other out,” Marshall mentioned.
President Trump has claimed that the crash “should have been prevented.”
“The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport,” the president posted on Fact Social. “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,” he persisted. “This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!!”
Different Kansas officers together with Moran and Gov. Laura Kelly (D) have additionally weighed in at the crash.
“I am aware that a plane inbound from Wichita was involved in a crash at Reagan National Airport. I am actively in contact with authorities. My thoughts go out to those involved. I will share more information as it becomes available,” Kelly mentioned in a overdue Wednesday put up at the social platform X.
