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A post shared on X claims to show a Boeing C-17 Globemaster taking off from an aircraft carrier. Verdict: False The video is computer-generated imagery. U.S. aircraft carriers do not have ramps.
Mourners for the victims of the deadly aircraft collision above Washington, D.C. visited the crash site Sunday, ABC News reports. All 67 people who were on board both aircraft are presumed dead.
USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the sixth carrier in the Nimitz class and the fourth US Navy ship with that name, after George Washington, Founding Father, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States.
Video recorded by bystanders appears to show the harrowing moment when the two aircraft crashed into one another, causing a fiery explosion over the nation's capital. Watch it above.
According to the Turkish military, the aircraft sustained only minor damage in the landing, though German aviation magazine Flug Revue, citing images of the crashed aircraft shared on social media, says the damage is more substantial and may result in the aircraft being written off. The crew aboard the aircraft is reported to be in healthy ...
All 67 people aboard both aircraft were killed in the crash, including 64 passengers and crew on the airliner and the 3 crew of the helicopter. It was the first major U.S. commercial passenger flight crash in nearly 16 years since Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009, and the deadliest U.S. air disaster in nearly 24 years.
Crews working at the site of the deadliest aviation disaster in a generation have recovered all 67 victims of the collision between two aircraft over the Potomac River in Washington, DC, officials ...
The video, which has been verified by CBS News, shows an explosion in the area of the Potomac River at 8:47 p.m. Eastern. ... The plane crashed in the Belle Harbor area of the Rockaways in the New ...