Several fatalities in a collision between a commercial plane and a military helicopter near Washington

A airplanewith 64 people on board, and one Military helicopter With three crew members this morning near the Reagan National Airport (DCA) of Washington (US), accident that caused Different fatalities, As confirmed by the authorities.

The plane crash – the Pentagon has excluded that it is an attack – took place around 9 p.m. (local time, 3 p.m. in Euskal Herria). Both aircraft have fallen Potomac River And rescue teams have only pulled out seem inside. In fact, the river It is almost frozen And the possibility to survive in the water is approximately 20 minutes. The outer temperature is 4 ºC.

In the images spread through the fox chain, the passenger plane is split into two and the helicopter, upside down under the water.

The American authorities have used a strong device with ambulances, firefighters, police cars and helicopters with spotlights, as well as lifeboats.

At the time of the accident, the air was completely clear and without strong wind. The causes of the incident are unknown.

Trump: “It should have been avoided”

In that sense, the American president, Donald Trump, has criticized that the collision was not avoided.

“The night was clear, the aircraft lights were on, why was the helicopter not uploaded, went down or turning? Why didn’t the control tower not told him what to do instead of asking if he saw the plane? This is a bad situation That seems to have been avoided.

The Republican leader has emphasized that the plane was “in a perfect and routine approach line of the airport” Ronald Reagan van Washington and that “the helicopter went directly to the plane for a long period.”

The Senator of Texas, the US TED Cruz has said in his social network of X: “Although we still don’t know how many people have been lost on board, we know that there were fatal victims.”