BREAKING: Staffing was “not normal” in the air traffic control tower at the time of a midair collision near D.C., an FAA report obtained by AP says. Follow AP for live updates. - ThreadSky

sadworld.bsky.social•22 days ago

Trump fired the heads of the TSA and the aviation safety advisory board a week ago.

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eschermca.bsky.social•22 days ago

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newtoblue2024.bsky.social•22 days ago

So it is due to Trump cutbacks of staffing and not DEI? I world never have to guessed

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tgagemurphy.bsky.social•22 days ago

Extrapolate this folks, we need more robust funding and staffing across the board. You get what you pay for.

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likechristianb.bsky.social•22 days ago

#TrumpAirDisaster

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starlightshelling.bsky.social•22 days ago

Interview this guy

https://youtu.be/hfgllf1L9_4?si=vyiQzAEsuz4qdZiE

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joeaconite.com•22 days ago

67 lives and not one ounce of empathy and national comfort from this fucking dicktator.

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dobythejockie.bsky.social•22 days ago

if atc is in question how was there clear direction from atc to pilots with response from pilots. this stinks like redirected tag lines away from facts

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cornstarch.bsky.social•22 days ago

I absolutely hate Trump and his entire cabal, but it looks like ATC performed *perfectly*, warning the helicopter *twice* about the jet, and both times the helicopter said it saw the jet.

https://youtu.be/hfgllf1L9_4?...

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kennypowers55.bsky.social•22 days ago

Trump got people killed.

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aftertheice.bsky.social•22 days ago

That may or may not be true. At this point we don't know the cause of the accident. FAA says that they will release a preliminary report within 30 days.

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20quid.bsky.social•22 days ago

➡ January 20: FAA director fired
➡ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

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aftertheice.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yes, those are all facts. But no conclusions can be drawn from them with respect to this particular incident.

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kennypowers55.bsky.social•22 days ago

A mid-air collision hasn't happened since 1978. I don't believe in coincidence.

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aftertheice.bsky.social•22 days ago

You should believe in coincidence. They happen all of the time. As the saying goes, correlation isn't causation.

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macbeth667.bsky.social•22 days ago

I love the Trump administration! Makes us look way less stupid. Greetings from Germany.

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karleeag99.bsky.social•22 days ago

Wait, but President Cheeto assured it it was a black gay woman's fault.

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phantasyiv.bsky.social•22 days ago

Waiting for it to be a reason for a new Muslim ban

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karleeag99.bsky.social•22 days ago

That's bound to be just one of the awful things ga he will try to do out of this.

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madyrivas.bsky.social•22 days ago

God bless and protect the air traffic controllers 🙏🏼 Everybody saw the helicopter flying into the plane. If the military in the chopper where experience What happened then 🤔 In few days we will hear the conversations

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bewilderedturd.bsky.social•22 days ago

All kinds of gov’t systems went down during the funding freeze.

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cornstarch.bsky.social•22 days ago

I absolutely hate Trump and his entire cabal, but it looks like ATC performed *perfectly*, warning the helicopter *twice* about the jet, and both times the helicopter said it saw the jet.

https://youtu.be/hfgllf1L9_4?si=HfL8XYLaagWg5iLL

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thehumanity.bsky.social•17 days ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/us/politics/gsa-staff-cuts-trump.html

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techprint.bsky.social•22 days ago

Why are all the media outlets reporting it as a jetliner that collided with a military helicopter?, the video shows that it was the military helicopter that collided with the jet. The jetliner was on schedule in a pre determined path. This was Trump and the helicopters pilot fault. Not DEI

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techprint.bsky.social•22 days ago

I'm not deleting my previous comment but I'm correcting myself, not all media outlets, the AP that posted the article did a good job reporting the known facts along with the crazy stuff Trump has said, they made it clear the claims POTUS made blaming DEI was made with zero evidence to point to.

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jcrsf.bsky.social•22 days ago

I don’t know. Experts I’ve listened to said it was perfectly normal to consolidate from two controllers to one when traffic was that light.

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dressruby.bsky.social•22 days ago

Do not get on plane until staffing IS normal.

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lurkengurd.bsky.social•22 days ago

Another reason not to fly in or to the US.

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turnbasedcarl.bsky.social•22 days ago

Thanks Trump.

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luckystars777.bsky.social•22 days ago

That’s a new record for the convicted felon — their blood is on his hands 🩸

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remnanthouston.bsky.social•22 days ago

#fucktrump

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ruglord.bsky.social•22 days ago

This is what happens with dirty fascist imbeciles at the helm. Sadly, they will kill more, many more, and blame minorities for their incompetence.

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damnnerd.bsky.social•22 days ago

Republicans will be acting like this.

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ladyamphitrite.bsky.social•22 days ago

They are understaffed and *someone* thought it was a magnificent idea to freeze spending and hiring, and then fire people in charge. Who knew that running the government wasn’t like running a piece of shit golf course… 😒

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coatescan.bsky.social•22 days ago

Impossibly cruel waste of life and unimaginable guilt of staff at something that was not their fault, met with absolute belligerence by the govt

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cornstarch.bsky.social•22 days ago

I absolutely hate Trump and his entire cabal, but it looks like ATC performed *perfectly*, warning the helicopter *twice* about the jet, and both times the helicopter said it saw the jet.

https://youtu.be/hfgllf1L9_4?...

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farmette.bsky.social•22 days ago

Helicopter pilot error - plane had right of way and heli had night vision and other instruments available

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aftertheice.bsky.social•22 days ago

That may or may not be true. At this point we don't know the cause of the accident. FAA says that they will release a preliminary report within 30 days.

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leemarquette.bsky.social•22 days ago

Fly at your own risk under this administration.With weakened safety regulations,staffing shortages,& oversight failures,every flight becomes more uncertain.When leadership prioritizes profit over passenger well-being,risk increases.In this climate,air travel is no longer as safe as it should be.

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nineveh-aka-nini.bsky.social•22 days ago

Trump kills.

Did it before.

Doing it again.

Will kill more.

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mpetersd.bsky.social•22 days ago

The report says one air traffic controller was working two positions at the time of the crash.

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cornstarch.bsky.social•22 days ago

I absolutely hate Trump and his entire cabal, but it looks like ATC performed *perfectly*, warning the helicopter *twice* about the jet, and both times the helicopter said it saw the jet.

https://youtu.be/hfgllf1L9_4?...

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evaskid.bsky.social•22 days ago

Of course he blamed DEI hires and "WOKE" policies. Couldn't possibly be that he fired essential workers.

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rogueaiconstruct.bsky.social•22 days ago

Trump and Musk firing federal government employees is literally getting Americans killed. The media needs to call out this bullshit.

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dkshroyer.bsky.social•22 days ago

Thank trumptard

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leejuana.bsky.social•22 days ago

Hope you found out what was "not normal" about it before you posted. Or do you just want clicks on "not normal" news posts?

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zovicememoir.bsky.social•22 days ago

We all need to say this 1000 times. This is an absolute failure of the trump administration. SAY IT!!! #trumpfailure

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aftertheice.bsky.social•22 days ago

That may or may not be true. At this point we don't know the cause of the accident. FAA says that they will release a preliminary report within 30 days.

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donnadeka.bsky.social•22 days ago

“That’s according to a report by the FAA that was obtained by The Associated Press.

The report says one air traffic controller was working two positions at the time of the crash.

“The position configuration was not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” the report says.”

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cornstarch.bsky.social•22 days ago

I absolutely hate Trump and his entire cabal, but it looks like ATC performed *perfectly*, warning the helicopter *twice* about the jet, and both times the helicopter said it saw the jet.

https://youtu.be/hfgllf1L9_4?...

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twintremere.bsky.social•22 days ago

📌

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truthinwashington.bsky.social•21 days ago

@realDonaldTrump is sponsoring a hostile takeover of the U.S. government. @elonmusk
Hijacking the computer systems of top government agencies.
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Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agencies.
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https://flip.it/jiAxdc
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groschopf.bsky.social•22 days ago

Such a crazy coincidence that was staffing in the FAA was low after a billionaire hounded their director into quitting, and the president is actively trying to get competent federal employees to resign.

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dlcaf.bsky.social•22 days ago

FFS, blame better be laid right at POTUS’s feet 24 hours a day.

Trump gutting the FAA leadership caused this avoidable collision. This is Trump’s fault. This was gross negligence on his part, these deaths are on his hands.

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letsgohawksgpg.bsky.social•22 days ago

The Blackhawk also changed direction sharply and flew directly at the American Airlines flight…it didn’t identify itself as a heli either ..Flightradar24 only saw it as an “aircraft “ its call sign PAT25 is Priority Air Transport….why would a training flight use that call sign ? Who was onboard ….?

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aftertheice.bsky.social•22 days ago

They did mention that it was a training flight. It will take a while to sort this out.

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torsade.bsky.social•22 days ago

It looks quite a bit in the video as though the helicopter collided with the plane. The plane was on its filed flight path, and approaching the runway, which was open and receiving traffic. It doesn't seem in keeping with best practices to cross airspace over a runway.

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meadowsonh2o.bsky.social•22 days ago

Trump put a freeze on hiring air traffic controllers and, on Musk’s instruction, fired the FAA chief early without replacing him.

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chrgeomo.bsky.social•22 days ago

Did Reagan's ghost lay off all the air traffic controllers?

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daydream25.bsky.social•22 days ago

Impeach

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uwops.bsky.social•22 days ago

Trumps response? TALK MORE!

https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-speeches-talking-communications-094b2c5b4d5a6d1ab1fd06ade090ed4c

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toddadam.bsky.social•22 days ago

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richfoxexists.bsky.social•22 days ago

And the "president" immediately pointed his finger at any nearby women and brown people.

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hassan-frsgjpau.bsky.social•15 days ago

@apnews.com , is there a way to reduce the duplucated text in most of your posts? There is the comment, then the title of the article an finally the first lines of the article, all saying the same thing, making apnews.bsky unpleasant to read.

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suew2626.bsky.social•18 days ago

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Y2xB4C/

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mollygrub.bsky.social•22 days ago

Where was the helicopter coming from?

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stochastx.bsky.social•22 days ago

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shespeakstruth.bsky.social•22 days ago

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atricebea.bsky.social•22 days ago

Of course. 100% predictable.

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divedoc.bsky.social•22 days ago

Hmm....did AP forget to mention any reasons why there are staffing problems at ATC or why FAA Director resigned??

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mikeyay.bsky.social•22 days ago

Did AP forget the huge part why staffing was not normal?

C'mon you almost have it 🤦‍♂️

Afraid to say Trump administration cut staffing?

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cornstarch.bsky.social•22 days ago

I absolutely hate Trump and his entire cabal, but it looks like ATC performed *perfectly*, warning the helicopter *twice* about the jet, and both times the helicopter said it saw the jet.

https://youtu.be/hfgllf1L9_4?...

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mikeyay.bsky.social•22 days ago

Thank you, I had no doubt they do and did a great job.

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ricosuavejd.bsky.social•22 days ago

Elon and Trump f'd up

https://bsky.app/profile/nycsouthpaw.bsky.social/post/3lgy6bxk6is26

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phantasyiv.bsky.social•22 days ago

Article doesn’t specify what “not normal” means

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smlrun.bsky.social•22 days ago

trump crash.

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badlands78.bsky.social•22 days ago

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frankiesunswept.bsky.social•22 days ago

Holy crap. This is beyond anything. Remove him from office

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davefdaniel.bsky.social•22 days ago

The key is to blame others to take away any blame shining on you. Learned that move as a child.

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sgtpants0331.bsky.social•22 days ago

If it would have been a White hawk helicopter none of this would have happened

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irishgeek.bsky.social•22 days ago

I mean call me crazy but Trump might have something to do with it..

https://apnews.com/article/coast-guard-homeland-security-priorities-committees-trump-tsa-d3e4398c8871ada8d0590859442e092c

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atricebea.bsky.social•22 days ago

This is the natural consequence of making huge decisions like these. Deadly results with blood on his hands but let's blame DEI. What a racist POS. He'll do and say anything to protect his Project 2025 agenda and the cult will follow. It's gross.

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atricebea.bsky.social•15 hours ago

And now this: "The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. reflects the president’s insistence that the military’s leadership is too mired in diversity issues and has lost sight of its combat role." Care to guess the General's race?

Despicable and we are in deep trouble.

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fandru.bsky.social•22 days ago

I dont like him either but absolutely no one you mention had direct involvement in the traffic pattern day-of. sheesh.

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aterriblebeauty.bsky.social•22 days ago

Then who’s at fault?

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fandru.bsky.social•22 days ago

Like most things in life a few bad factors all at the same time, first: it's a training flight, maybe a process issue combined with some failed tracking device + human error.... Not everything in life has a big red sign single point of failure. Sad for the ppl and will wait on the NTSB investigation

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fandru.bsky.social•22 days ago

You learn and you fix it for the future. Shrug.

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aterriblebeauty.bsky.social•22 days ago

that’s how it’s usually done... no more. Hopefully the public gets access to that report. My sights are set higher. What p2025 is rolling out is thought out, Trumft is careless and a puppet. The Quequeque infiltrated our gov’t quietly and systematically. So here we are. Nothing they do is good.

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cara-nichole.bsky.social•22 days ago

Why is the Constitution NO LONGER on the White House website? 👀

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catawonder.bsky.social•22 days ago

😢

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audacityesq.bsky.social•22 days ago

No kidding. Democrats warned everyone repeatedly that DCA was too understaffed to keep taking on increasing amounts of traffic.

May 2024:

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audacityesq.bsky.social•22 days ago

Feb 2024:

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audacityesq.bsky.social•22 days ago

June 2023:

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skip93.bsky.social•22 days ago

This is a direct result of the admins approach of “move fast and break things”.

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mjl2.bsky.social•22 days ago

When a leader puts their team off balance with threats? People freak. Make mistakes. Aren’t concentrating. Squarely at the feet of the dicktater. I saw this especially Mentor Graphics in the early 00s where the COO and CEO loved to keep everyone off balance. Crazy culture resulted

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edhirsch.bsky.social•22 days ago

How will the victims’ families feel when they find out the media and press are shielding Trump's actions and orders that caused this catastrophe?

TRUMP'S FAA
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https://bsky.app/profile/edhirsch.bsky.social/post/3lgwkfube4s27

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