Travellers after plane-copter crash: A little nervous to fly

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Travellers said they are little nervous to fly now following the Jan 29 American Airlines flight and military helicopter mid-air crash in Washington, DC. However, they said they are still willing to travel as aviation in the US in general is still safe.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Travelers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport expressed nervousness but a willingness

00:07to still travel after the January 29th midair plane and helicopter crash that claimed 67

00:13lives.

00:14The United States aviation industry has experienced a difficult week with that accident and another

00:20incident involving an air ambulance in Philadelphia on January 31st.

00:24I mean it was devastating, you know, I didn't know anyone on the plane but I know people

00:29who knew people on the plane so you know it's a sad day for those families and all those

00:34involved and I wouldn't be lying if I was a little nervous to fly today and come back

00:39on Sunday but you know you have to have faith that the airport and the pilots will have

00:44your safety at best and wouldn't let you fly.

00:46I fly all the time but that just kind of really took me back like wow, I can't believe that

00:52happened.

00:53They were so close to home.

00:54Accidents happen, they don't happen that often and it's really safe to fly, it's just

01:00awful when mistakes happen and people die.

01:03It's been 18, 20 years since there's been an accident around here, it's always busy

01:07so for the most part I think they have it well under control.

01:11During the January 29th incident, an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter

01:17collided at about 8.50pm as the plane approached the airport for landing.

01:23Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board determined the plane was at 325

01:28feet, plus or minus 25 feet, at the time of impact, based on information recovered from

01:35the plane's flight data recorder.

01:37We also, initial preliminary data right now indicates that on the tower's radar scope

01:47that was available to the controller, initial data indicates that he may have seen 200 feet.

01:54The PAT-25 was within the lateral boundaries of a helicopter route.

02:02The ceiling of that route was 200 feet.

02:07The investigators said the helicopter was on a training flight where night vision goggles

02:11could have possibly been used by the pilots and the helicopter was also flying above the

02:16permitted 200 feet for the route it was using.

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