{"id":3020,"date":"2025-01-30T21:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T21:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/friday-briefing-67-dead-in-washington-air-collision\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T21:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T21:32:12","slug":"friday-briefing-67-dead-in-washington-air-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/friday-briefing-67-dead-in-washington-air-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Briefing: 67 Dead in Washington Air Collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-cc5e57d\">67 died from midair collision near Washington<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Recovery teams pulled more than two dozen bodies from icy waters near Washington yesterday after an American Airlines jet collided in midair with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River. Officials said that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/29\/us\/plane-crash-washington-dc\" title=\"\">there were no survivors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The jet carrying 64 people had departed from Wichita, Kan., and the helicopter was carrying three U.S. service members. The collision, which happened Wednesday evening near Ronald Reagan National Airport, was the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/29\/us\/plane-crash-washington-dc\/the-crash-appears-to-be-the-most-serious-air-disaster-involving-a-commercial-jet-in-the-us-since-2009?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">most serious air disaster<\/a> involving a commercial jet in the U.S. since 2009.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Shortly before the collision, the plane\u2019s pilots were asked to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/us\/politics\/fatal-crash-runway.html\" title=\"\">pivot their landing route from one runway to another<\/a>, according to a person briefed on the event and audio recordings of conversations between an air traffic controller and the pilots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A preliminary safety report said that staffing at the airport\u2019s air traffic control tower <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/29\/us\/plane-crash-washington-dc\/staffing-was-not-normal-at-airport-tower-according-to-a-preliminary-faa-report?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">was \u201cnot normal.<\/a>\u201d A controller was handling helicopters and instructing planes, jobs typically assigned to two controllers rather than one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Among the passengers were <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/us\/figure-skaters-dc-plane-crash.html\" title=\"\">U.S. and Russian figure skaters<\/a> who had attended a training camp after the national figure skating championships in Kansas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">What happened:<\/strong> These maps, graphics and video footage show <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/01\/30\/us\/washington-dc-plane-crash-helicopter-maps-photos.html\" title=\"\">the final two minutes before the collision<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Reaction: <\/strong>President Trump promised that a thorough investigation would be conducted and he engaged in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/29\/us\/plane-crash-washington-dc#trump-plane-crash-dei-faa-diversity\" title=\"\">political attacks<\/a> by criticizing the oversight of the U.S. aviation agency during the Biden and Obama administrations.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-374378ed\">A hostage release in Gaza descended into chaos<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/30\/world\/israel-hamas-hostage-release-gaza\/heres-the-latest-on-the-hostage-and-prisoner-exchange?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">released 110 Palestinian prisoners<\/a> yesterday after a chaotic hostage handover in Gaza that cast doubt on whether the exchange would go ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hamas released three Israeli and five Thai hostages after more than a year in captivity.<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>In northern Gaza, an Israeli soldier was released during a relatively smooth and highly choreographed ceremony. But in the southern city of Khan Younis, the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/30\/world\/israel-hamas-hostage-release-gaza\/the-release-in-khan-younis-descended-into-chaos?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">hostages were surrounded by crowds<\/a> of people, some of whom chanted support for Hamas or other armed groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Photos and video showed hostages walking through the chaotic crowd. In one video, Arbel Yehud, one of the last living female hostages, appeared afraid while surrounded by rifle-wielding militants from Hamas and Islamic Jihad as she made her way toward the Red Cross convoy that would take her to Israeli soldiers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Among the Palestinians released was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/world\/middleeast\/zakaria-zubeidi-release-israel-hamas.html\" title=\"\">Zakaria Zubeidi<\/a>, who has been a militant leader and a theater director, and who briefly escaped an Israeli prison in 2021. Hamas separately announced that Muhammad Deif, the leader of its military wing, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/obituaries\/muhammad-deif-hamas-dead.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Happy tears: <\/strong>The families of the released Thai hostages, who worked in Israel as farmhands, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/world\/middleeast\/thailand-israel-hostages-hamas.html\" title=\"\">shed tears of joy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Aid: <\/strong>Israeli legislation took effect yesterday that barred UNRWA, the main U.N. aid agency for Palestinians, from any activities in Israel. Here is a look at <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/world\/middleeast\/israel-ban-unrwa-palestinians.html\" title=\"\">what the ban could mean for Palestinians<\/a> in Gaza and beyond.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7efc4d95\">Trump\u2019s intelligence pick was grilled over Snowden<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Tulsi Gabbard, the nominee for director of national intelligence, was questioned yesterday during her confirmation hearing about her unorthodox views on Russia and Syria, but her unwillingness to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/us\/politics\/tulsi-gabbard-edward-snowden.html\" title=\"\">declare the whistle-blower Edward Snowden a traitor<\/a> proved to be the most contentious issue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/30\/us\/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-health\" title=\"\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a>, Trump\u2019s pick for health secretary, displayed little familiarity with the health programs he would oversee if confirmed. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/30\/us\/kash-patel-fbi-confirmation-hearing\" title=\"\">Kash Patel<\/a>, the nominee for F.B.I. director, faced questioning about his expressed agreement with fringe conspiracy views during his hearing. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Meet Liu Chunyan, one of the more than 10 million food delivery workers in China. As the country\u2019s economy contracts, she is hustling more and earning less. The government has been working to regulate the industry as videos of overwhelmed drivers crop up online. Chunyan took us through a day in her hectic work life. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/01\/29\/world\/asia\/china-delivery-driver.html\" title=\"\">This is what it looks like<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Lives lived:<\/strong> Marianne Faithfull, who went from being a feather-voiced pop star to a homeless heroin addict, only to re-emerge in her 30s as a critically acclaimed singer, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/arts\/music\/marianne-faithfull-dead.html\" title=\"\">died at 78<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3dde0938\">It\u2019s Beyonc\u00e9 vs. Taylor Swift at the Grammys<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The biggest contest at the annual <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/24\/arts\/music\/grammy-performers-billie-eilish-chappell-roan.html\" title=\"\">Grammy Awards<\/a> on Sunday, at least in terms of celebrity wattage, will be Beyonc\u00e9 vs. Taylor Swift. Beyonc\u00e9 has already won more Grammys than any other artist in history, but she has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/29\/arts\/music\/grammys-album-of-the-year-beyonce-black-women.html\" title=\"\">yet to win<\/a> album of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Other top contenders include <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/01\/29\/arts\/music\/billie-eilish-grammys-hit-me-hard-and-soft.html\" title=\"\">Billie Eilish<\/a>, a Grammy and Oscar darling, and Kendrick Lamar, whose nominations stem from a public dis war with Drake. Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan, two of last year\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/08\/arts\/music\/grammy-awards-nominations.html\" title=\"\">fresh pop sensations<\/a>, each received their first Grammy nods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/08\/arts\/music\/grammys-nominee-list-2025.html\" title=\"\">Here\u2019s the full list of nominees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-705d9918\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">RECOMMENDATIONS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     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