Key air traffic control facilities in the have been operating at below 85 per cent of required staffing levels in the years leading up to the Washington DC crash, an expert told The Mirror

Twenty-seven bodies had been recovered from the downed plane, a Bombardier CRJ700 operated by PSA Airlines, and one had been recovered from the helicopter, a Sikorsky H-60, said the D.C. Fire and EMS Chief.

January 30, 2025. The crash of an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Rea

Authorities fear high death toll in mid-air crashbetween U.S. Army helicopter and passenger jetMuriel Bowser/Mayor/Washington, D.C. “All we can confirm tonight is the number of people on each aircraft: 64 people on the American Airlines plane and three people on the military helicopter.