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“Unfortunately we were not able to rescue anyone,” said Jack Potter, the chief exec of the MWAA.

Duffy said that the flight paths of the plane & helicopter were “not unusual for what happens in the DC airspace.. …everything was standard in the lead-up to the crash,” pointing out that US #military helicopters routinely fly up & down the #Potomac River.

There was “not a breakdown” in communication between the military helicopter, the plane & the air traffic control tower, Duffy said.

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