D.C. plane crash was “absolutely" preventable, new transportation secretary

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The midair collision of an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over D.C. was “preventable,” according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

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00:00Do I think this was preventable? Absolutely. Everything was standard in the lead up to the

00:06crash. Now obviously there was something that happened here. You'll get more information and

00:10more details as this investigation moves forward. We'll learn what happened. But again, those who

00:16live in the DC area, we see military helicopters fly up and down the river. It's a standard path

00:22that they fly. They're used to aircraft landing at DCA and there's a procedure in place because

00:29this happens every day. Something went wrong here. I look forward to the time and point when we can

00:34give you that information.

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