A top CNN commentator has removed a social media post that blames Donald Trump of the American Airlines-Black Hawk Crash about DC that is assumed to have demanded 67 lives.
Bakari Sellers' first reaction to the tragedy was to place a screenshot of a new release of the House Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, which announced an recruitment disruption of air traffic controllers.
The article contained a statement from the ranking of the Rick Larsen committee, warning about the potential threat to the safety of an aviation -freezing.
“Eight days ago,” sellers subtitled the post on X, because the cause of the crash remained inexplicable.
Almost immediately he received indignation from other users, who criticized him for politicizing a deadly tragedy.
“Americans are currently being fished out of the Potomac, and instead of having respect for the victims, you chose to blame unfairly (and despicable),” said such a user, pointing to images that at the own station of the Sellers are broadcast.
'The Freeze has not influenced an ATC command centers anywhere after 20 January. There is no soil low enough for @cnn, 'another indicated, who pierce holes in the controversial suggestion of the pundit.
After others continued to criticize him, sellers took the mail. He apologized on Wednesday evening, less than two hours after the crash took place.
Bakari's first reaction to the American airline-black Hawk-Crash was to place a screenshot of a new release of the House Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, which announced an recruitment of air traffic leaders issued by Trump
The article contained a statement from the ranking of the Rick Larsen committee, warning about the potential threat to the safety of an aviation -freezing. Seen here, the sellers' tweet since the removed tweet
“I removed the mail because timing matters,” wrote sellers after the return. 'Not politics at the moment. I am on it, I own that.
“I am very praying, but I am also very frustrated and disturbed with where we are as a country,” he continued. I recognize and I will do better.
“The only thing that matters is to save the survivors, and ensuring that this never happens again,” he added, which suggests that he raised his unfounded conspiracy too quickly.
But spectators on X continued to reprimand him, with some pointing of factual inconsistencies in his comments.
“You can't train an air traffic controller in 8 days,” wrote a user, while offering sellers an expletive of four letters.
“You have removed the post because dozens of Americans are currently being fished out of the Potomac,” added another in direct response to the apology.
'[A]And instead of having respect for the victims, you chose to blame unfairly (and despicably) [Donald Trump]. '
“People are dead. How can you be so full of political hatred, “snipped someone else and shared images of DC-resident Hamaad Raza and revealed to reporters how his 26-year-old woman was one of the 64 passengers on the plane.
In the midst of a flood of criticism, sellers took the mail within two hours after the inexplicable crash, apologetically for politicizing the tragedy
Displayed: Emergency aid units that try rescue operations last night. That search has since become a recovery effort, because officials have confirmed that there were no survivors
“The recruitment inspection did not apply to ATC,” added another. They continued to put how “even if the head was accurate, with the help of the death of 60+ innocent people to get a political excavation in an hour after their death is as low as you can go.”
In the meantime, the middle song crash, with a black hawk helicopter of military quality in the fight of American Airlines, flying inexplicably.
The National Transportation Safety Board has since taken over the investigation, which will look at what has caused the worst American aviation incident since the events of 11 September 2001.
Until now, 27 deceased aircraft passengers have been found from the Potomac, where both crafts fell last night.
A only deceased victim of the helicopter was also recovered, with anyone officially identified.
However, officials have confirmed that there are no survivors.
Without immediate answers about what the military aircraft had done before the crash, Trump went to social media with his opinion within two hours after the sellers' post.
On his Platform Truth Social, the President publicly interviewed the actions of the helicopter team and air traffic controllers, as others offered theories elsewhere.
Within a few minutes, sellers received indignation on social media for his early and politicized first reaction
“The plane was on a perfect and routine line of approaching the airport,” said Trump with his first disaster since last week the presidency, according to, according to.
“The helicopter went straight to the plane for a longer period,” he went on and added how it had been a “clear night” over the famous river.
“The lights on the plane were blazing,” he wrote. “Why didn't the helicopter go up or down, or turned around.
“Why didn't the control tower not told the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane,” he went on. 'This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. Not good !!! '
In the meantime, sellers have updated updates from others about the situation, but has not commented on his deleted mail.
The army also issued his own explanation – said that the crew on the Black Hawk – helicopter who collided with the commercial vessel was 'reasonably experienced' and that everything on board were soldiers.
The Pentagon started to inform their closest relatives, officials added. The three had been on a training flight near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when the crash took place.
About two hours after sellers, Trump offered his own view of the disaster and asked the audience why the military helicopter with the crash did not go up or down, or turned '
“The helicopter went straight to the plane for a longer period,” he added, pointing out how it would have been a “Clear Night”. A separate helicopter will be seen on Thursday morning about the Potomac in the midst of recovery operations
As it looks now, the incident is the first fatal American commercial airline crash since 2009 and it is investigated.
DC Fire and EMS chef John Donnelly called the crash an 'accident' on Thursday morning.
“We are now at a point where we switch from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” he told reporters next to the Potomac.
“We don't believe that there are survivors at the moment.”
