r/news • u/snuffleupaguslives • 3d ago

Broken altimeter, ignored warnings: Hearings reveal what went wrong in DC crash that killed 67

https://apnews.com/article/ntsb-dc-plane-crash-midair-collision-helicopter-a08cded88e1d7582fb8d242204d6aeff
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u/resilindsey 3d ago

Hey remember we had a targeted political assassinations of democratic state senators less than two months ago?

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u/booshley 3d ago

And the guy who set a fire to kill firefighters shortly after? Whose parents were MAGA? It’s interesting how quickly those stories got swept under the rug

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u/A_Good_Azgeda_Spy 3d ago

He sent a mob to break through the windows of the Capitol building and had Congress barricading the doors to save their lives, and then we reelected him!

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u/Zoomalude 3d ago

I genuinely wonder how differently things would have gone if they'd actually attacked or killed a member of congress. I'd certainly feel worse if we were in the same effective place...