DC’s airplane crash: GOP’s upper legislator demands a congressional audience

Exclusive: The highest Republican of the Subcommittee of the Chamber’s Transportation Committee on Aviation calls for a congressional hearing on the fatal collision between a American Airlines plane and a military helicopter in Washington, DC

“We say we are the gold standard, we only have to continue to maintain this level,” Fox News Digital told an interview Troy Nehls, R-Texas, who presides over the Sub-Committee.

“I just want to sit with all of them and when the (National Transport Safety Board (NTSB)) makes his report; secure -you are very accurate, it is in fact and they present some recommendations, and then we will have to see if We need to change direction or change course depending on these recommendations.

Nehls praised the President of the Transport Committee, Sam Graves, said his background as a pilot and said he would ask the Missouri Republican to convene meetings with the affected parties and those who investigated the incident. Nehls suggested possible closed doors meetings to allow more hot debates, but said that there would also be a public audience.

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“We must find out the reason for the accident, and then presenting, you know, recommendations to ensure that it does not happen again,” he said. “We don’t need to be sitting on this. I don’t want to hear:” It will be 18 months. “I don’t want to listen to this.”

And it seems that federal researchers are on the same page.

NTSB officials said they expect to have a preliminary report in about 30 days.

“I think it would be fair,” Nehls said. “But this should not stop the congress and do what we can to help. I think President Trump … he hopes, and he has the right to wait for us, to ensure that we keep our industry in the industry ‘Aviation the world “.

And while waiting for quick results, Nehls warmly warned against the first speculations on who or the one to blame for the tragedy.

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“Everyone wants to speculate on how this happened, why did this happen. Who is the fault? It’s the helicopter? Was the plane?” Nehls said.

“I think it’s irresponsible. I think you just have to give -time for the NTSB to investigate, you know, conduct a very exhaustive investigation.”

However, the score and speculation of the fingers have already been rampant. Some have blamed the congress to authorize too many airlines contracts at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which is closer to the United States Capitol than much larger Washington-Dulles International Airport.

Others, mainly on the right, have argued that diversity initiatives Democratic administrations helped lead to tragedy.

“I think it’s too early for all this,” Nehls said when they asked about both.

No proof has come out to support any conclusion or cause of the fall so far.

Nehls spoke to Fox News Digital the day after a Black Hawk helicopter who carried three members of the service crashed against a passenger plane heading to Wichita, Kansas, who was at times away from landing. Reagan National Airport.

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The two planes were fell to the Potomac river between Washington and neighbor Arlington, Virginia, where the airport is located.

United States officials have said that there are No survivors, And recovery efforts are still being carried out.

Fox News Digital contacted the Chamber’s Transportation Committee for comments.

American Airlines has said that 60 passengers and four crew members were on board the plane, and the airline encouraged any loved one to look for information to call numbers In place.