A former Navy seal was apparently rattled when Fox News -Gastheer Ainsley Earhardt asked a horrifying question about the crash on Wednesday evening between an American Airlines Passenger Jet and an army helicopter in Washington DC plane.
Jake Zwieg, an air expert who served with the Navy, appeared on Fox & Friends to discuss and analyze the details about the tragedy that 67 people have left behind.
Although he is no stranger to destruction, Zwieg was surprised when Earhardt asked about the last moments of the people on board the helicopter and the plane.
She said: 'It is a difficult question to ask, but I am always that I always think about this when we report about someone who died.
“How were those last moments? Because you don't want someone to be scared, but you also want people to say their prayers and have a little time.
'But if I were in that situation, you just want it to be fast, you know? So do you think when the plane crashes, if something like that happens, there is no pain, right? The people don't experience that. '
After taking a moment to digest the words of Earhardt, Zwieg flipped out: 'Golly! Can you give me a more difficult question – Golly! '
“I just want to ensure that they did not fall through the air and land on the water,” intervened before the veteran responded.
Jake Zwieg, an aviation expert who served with the navy, appeared on Fox & Friends to discuss and analyze the details around the tragedy that 67 dead killed behind
Rescue teams are looking for the wreck of a commercial aircraft that collided with a military helicopter in Washington
A former navy seal was Shell-Shocked when Fox News-Gastheer Ainsley Earhardt asked a horrifying question about the crash of Wednesday evening
'I can't really go out and say it was a pretty kinetic crash – we have all seen the big explosion and of course the rotor blades of the helicopter went through the bottom of the plane.
'Aircraft turned and crashed into the water. I imagine that you had at most eight seconds of just absolute frightening fear.
“I clearly mean that we can't talk to one of the victims, but I mean, probably the most horrible thing you could live on.”
Zwieg also shared his first reaction to the fatal collision and related it to his own military experiences.
'As a man who is driven in helicopters, I'm going to tell you now – I was downstairs at Seal Team 8 and we had five helicoptercrashes down there. Helicopter is not your friend if he falls from the sky. '
The horrible crash happened about the Potomac River when the flight 5342 of American Airlines tried to land on Reagan National Airport on Wednesday just before 9 p.m.
The Jet van Wichita, Kansas, wore 64 people – 60 passengers and four crew members – and three soldiers were on board the US Army Black Hawk -Helikopter at the time of the incident.
Surveillance images from the inside also conquered the airport when the two bumped into the air
Rescue boats look for the waters of the Potomac River for survivors after the fatal aircraft accident
Emergency response units assess the aircraft wreck in the Potomac River
The planes clashed in one Huge fireball that was visible on cars dashcams Drive on highways that snakes along the airport.
Since then, at least 40 bodies from the Potomac River have been drawn after extensive recovery missions by emergency teams.
The bodies of all four members of the cockpit crew – including someone who was only a few months away from a promotion and wedding – were found from the rubble on Thursday.
The pilots were Captain Jonathan Campos, 34, and first officer Samuel Lilley, Dailymail.com exclusively revealed. The flight attendants were Ian Epstein and Danasia Elder.
Two of the soldiers on board the helicopter have been identified as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves and Stafsergeant Ryan O'hara, who was the crew of Black Hawk.
Passengers include members of the American figure skating team who returned from the American figure skating championships.
REscu certainly graving through the wreck recovered two black boxes from the waters of the Potomac River on Thursday evening. These are the flight data recorder and the cockpit -speech recorder.
Shown: parts of the wreck that stay in the Potomac River
This proof will come into play while the authorities investigate what exactly happened at the times that have led to a disaster.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) wrote in a statement: 'While we are waiting for more information from the current investigations, our thoughts are with the passengers, crew members and military members and their families, as well as the first response to scene.
'NATCA is with the highly trained, highly skilled air traffic leaders and those who perform 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, 365 days a year, if the gold, as the gold, perform, standard for the safety of the Aviation. '
