A plane carrying members of Congress participating in the inclusion of the runway in the capital

An American eagle plane is scheduled to leave Washington, DC, to New York on Thursday afternoon with another plane on the runway at Ronald Reagan National Airport. One of the aircraft was at least seven members of Congress, according to Report from NBC News. No injuries were reported as a result of the accident, and both planes were able to return to the station for inspection, according to a statement issued by US Airlines. It gave to the BBC.

The two journeys involved in the collision on the basis are the American Eagle Flight 5490, run by PSA Airlines, headed to Charleston International Airport in South Carolina, and Rspubs America Flight 4522, which headed to JFK International Airport in New York with members of Kandags on the plane. The flight pavilion hit 5490 flights 4522 on the runway around 12:45 pm local time.

According to American airlines, there were 67 passengers on the flight to Charleston and 76 on the flight to New York. Among the Democratic actors were Gregory Mix, Grace Ming, Joshot Gottimer, Adriano Espelat, Richi Torres and Republican Nick Lalota, all of them on board. Mix to publish Seven members of Congress in total were on the trip.

It is unclear what led to a collision at this stage, and the Federal Aviation Administration said it was achieving. Trump’s administration has Insist The accident was not related to the FAA employment or deficiency discounts, especially in terms of its connection to air traffic monitors. “There were no discounts on air traffic monitors, safety employees, or important safety situations in FAA,” which has been published “The official quick response account” of the White House.

Gottheimer, who was on the journey, published that “the recent discounts to FAA weakens our sky and our public safety,” which prompted the White House’s response. Trump administration Actually did air traffic monitor fireTransport Minister Sean Duffy admittedLess than 400“It was left. The administration has rented some of these people, but it seems that it remains an employee.

Only this week, Tim Ariel, head of the Air Force in the Federal Aviation Administration, Stem From his position after taking the volunteer retirement program for the administration. Reuters reported that FAA is about 3,500 air traffic control units less than targeted recruitment levels.

It is worth noting that a fatal accident occurred near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport just two months ago when it was a commercial plane carrying 64 passengers. Collide With a Black Hawk helicopter over the Botomac River. That was just one of a number of nearby accidents and calls that occurred during the first months of the Trump administration.