A video surfaced showing a CRJ-900 jet catching fire and flipping after landing on a snowy and icy runway. Former Deputy Administrator Dan Elwell suggests that a severe gust of wind during touchdown, combined with the aircraft's design, could have caused the accident. He emphasizes that such a combination of events is rare.
, showed the CRJ-900 jet catching fire right after touching down on the runway. The aircraft then flipped and lost both wings. Former Deputy Administrator Dan Elwell said the runway appeared snowy and icy and that this crash occurrence so soon after the plane crash near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport could be the result of “happenstance.
Mayor Pete failed for four years to address the air traffic controller shortage and upgrade our outdated, World War II-era air traffic control system. In less than four weeks, we have already begun the process and are engaging the smartest minds in the entire world.Elwell explained that these firings are going to have “zero” effect on the safety of airlines, comparing these firings to when the FAA keeps those responsible for airline safety when a government shutdown occurs.
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