Donald Trump insists horror Washington DC plane crash ‘should have been prevented’ in alarming statement

Donald Trump has said the Washington DC plane crash “should have been prevented” in an alarming statement after the deadly accident this morning.

Dozens of people are thought to have died after an American Airlines jet carrying 64 passengers collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter mid-air overnight.

And the President has now raised serious questions over the crash – labelling the incident part of a “terrible night” just 10 days into his second term in the White House.

Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said: “The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport.

“The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time.

“It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn?

“Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane?

“This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!”

He later added: “What a terrible night this has been. God bless you all!”

Kansas Senator Roger Marshall, from where the flight originated, has warned that everyone on board died, telling reporters at Reagan Airport early on Thursday that “it’s really hard when you lose probably over 60 Kansans simultaneously”.

“When one person dies, it’s a tragedy, but when many, many, many people die, it’s an unbearable sorrow,” he said. “It’s a heartbreak beyond measure.”

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