Former American football player Taylor Twellman quickly removed a post on X and called the shocking collision between a Black Hawk -helicopter and an American Airlines plane 'suspicious'.
Twellman shares a clip of the crash on Thursday morning: 'You can't tell me that this is not suspected. My heart hurts for people in that plane. Literally the worst nightmare of everyone. '
Officials said that these are not survivors of the incident who occurred on Wednesday evening. Twellman, who played 30 times for the American football team and now works an analyst on the Major League Soccer coverage of Apple, was quickly criticized by his followers for his position.
They immediately responded to him and said: “Conspiracy theories do not help Taylor. I live in DC such as 10min from Reagan, they share air space with a joint basic bulb.
“It is therefore common to see airport aircraft and mil airplanes flying above the head, the problem came down to terrible communication, either with (ATC) or the Helo.”
Twellman deleted the message and responded to the comment with a greetings emoji and the word: “deleted.”
Taylor Twellman removed a post on social media and called the Washington plane “suspicious”
There are no survivors of the horrible incident that took place on Wednesday evening
The collision took place when the flight of the American Airlines with 64 people his final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport shortly before 9 p.m.
A Black Hawk helicopter that is cut by the airspace from the opposite direction under cover of darkness, with both aircraft that apparently are not aware of the presence of the other.
They beat each other at only 400 ft above the ground and burst into a violent explosion before she dived down in the Vriezame Potomac River.
More than 300 First -Responders and rescue workers were deployed in the Potomac on inflatable boats, while others built searchlights to relieve the dark waters in a desperate hunt for survivors.
But it is thought that nobody survived the brutal collision in the air that ended with the wreck of both planes sinking to the bottom of the flowing river.
Former Washington Commanders Quarterback Robert Griffin III was amazed by the news and placed on his X account: 'Prayers for everyone involved in the aircraft crash at DCA.
'How on earth did a blackhawk -helicopter enter an American Airlines plane? Man, please stop and say a prayer for everyone on board to be found and alive. '
Jake Paul posted on Thursday morning on Thursday morning: 'Dambled. How does that even happen. Prayers and participation with all affected by the Potomac tragedy. '
In the meantime, President Trump raised questions about what happened in a position about the social Wednesday of the truth and said: 'The plane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport.
'The helicopter went straight to the plane for a longer period. It is a clear night, the lights on the plane ran, why did the helicopter not go up or down, or turned around, “he asked.
Trump continued: 'Why did the control tower not told the helicopter something to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. Not good !!! '
He wrote a brief follow -up post about the social social saying: 'What a terrible night this has been. God bless you all! '
