What did Donald Trump claim about transportation on 30 Apr 2025?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
And they were supposed to be at 200 feet. They were at 400 feet, and a terrible thing.
They were not at 400 feet. The safety board put the collision at about 300 feet in a report issued before he spoke, and its final report says about 278 feet.
The NTSB's final report says the Army helicopter and PSA Airlines flight 5342 collided 'at an altitude about 278 ft above mean sea level' (NTSB AIR-26-02). Its report of March 7, 2025, issued before these remarks, had already put the collision 'at an altitude about 300 ft' (NTSB AIR-25-01).
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- Remarks before a Cabinet meeting and exchange with reporters at the White House, Washington, DC.
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