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Air traffic controllers in bloody physical fight in Reagan National control tower after deadliest plane crash in 15 years
The Daily Mail ^ | 28 Mar 2025 | BEN ASHFORD

Posted on 03/28/2025 7:22:40 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Two air traffic controllers traded punches when a shocking fight erupted inside the tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.

The facility is already under massive scrutiny following January’s deadly midair collision between an American Airlines flight on final approach and an Army helicopter.

And trouble flared again Thursday when a pair of on-duty tower controllers got into a blazing argument before one threw a punch at the other, a source tells us.

By the time the brawling colleagues were separated, there was blood spattered over a control console, according to our insider.

The tower would likely have had a supervisor and at least six or seven controllers directing air traffic at the time.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating the shocking incident.

‘I’ve heard of controllers going at it in the parking lot but this was on a whole new level,’ the source told DailyMail.com.

‘That facility is out of control. People are cracking because of what happened in January.’

DailyMail.com understands that the controllers involved were not working the night American Airlines Flight 5342 slammed into the Black hawk helicopter half a mile short of runway 33.

However they were almost certainly caught up in the aftermath as corpses and wreckage were retrieved from the icy Potomac River, our source explained.

All 64 people on board the CRJ700 regional jet perished, along with the three-member crew of the chopper, making it the deadliest aviation accident in recent US history.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: atc; aviation; bidenvoters; dei; faa; reagan
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1 posted on 03/28/2025 7:22:40 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
THEM

2 posted on 03/28/2025 7:25:59 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hmmmm. Not enough info at the moment to determine a motive or assign blame, but interesting, and definitely a sign of a dysfunctional work environment.


3 posted on 03/28/2025 7:27:34 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: MinorityRepublican

Wrong pronoun used?


4 posted on 03/28/2025 7:27:40 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Clear to land”...a left hook.


5 posted on 03/28/2025 7:28:19 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“THEM”

Tell me about it. But, no doubt, there will be dingbats here claiming that DEI has nothing to do with it, just like the crash.


6 posted on 03/28/2025 7:28:33 PM PDT by BobL
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To: MinorityRepublican

Sounds like some impulse control problems goin’ on there, know what I mean Booboo bear ?


7 posted on 03/28/2025 7:29:02 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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8 posted on 03/28/2025 7:29:14 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BobL

Both fightin’ men were black, or just one of them?
A lot of purging (weeding out) is going to be needed.


9 posted on 03/28/2025 7:33:57 PM PDT by lee martell
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“DailyMail.com understands that the controllers involved were not working the night American Airlines Flight 5342 slammed into the Black hawk helicopter”

Actually the Blackhawk slammed into the CRJ. Words matter. The Army craft slammed into a civilian craft that was where it was supposed to be. The Army craft hit it. Let’s not forget this Daily Mail.

Where are the Courts Martials Hegseth??? We’re waiting.


10 posted on 03/28/2025 7:38:58 PM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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11 posted on 03/28/2025 7:39:01 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: MinorityRepublican

When you give preference to race or sex in hiring and promotions as opposed to skill set, this is what you get.
Resentment!
And dead people!


12 posted on 03/28/2025 7:45:59 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: MinorityRepublican
From the article: Air traffic controllers in bloody physical fight in Reagan National control tower after deadliest plane crash in 15 years

"After" as in 8 weeks after.

Nice clickbait headline by Ben Ashford at the 'Daily Mail'.

13 posted on 03/28/2025 7:46:19 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: MinorityRepublican
I miss calmer and gentler times, when such fights were only seen at a hockey game or inside a Chuck E. Cheese store.


14 posted on 03/28/2025 7:54:01 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: dfwgator

Must’ve been a sale at Penny’s.


15 posted on 03/28/2025 7:58:41 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: JZelle

“Where did you get that coat, and those shoes!”

H/T Johnny.


16 posted on 03/28/2025 8:08:00 PM PDT by Texas resident ( We finally have an American President again)
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To: MinorityRepublican
The facility is already under massive scrutiny ...

... so imagine what it's like when it's not.

17 posted on 03/28/2025 8:13:52 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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To: Rural_Michigan

“Where are the Courts Martials Hegseth??? We’re waiting.”

So who should be charged since the entire crew is dead?


18 posted on 03/28/2025 8:14:18 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

DEI


19 posted on 03/28/2025 8:15:24 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: T-Bird45

The chain of command. If a helmsman screws up and runs a ship around the Captain gets the axe.


20 posted on 03/28/2025 8:18:32 PM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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