‘I’m Just Stunned’: CNN Reporter in Complete Shock After Black Hawk Helicopter Collides With Passenger Jet

CNN correspondent Pete Muntean was left stunned on Wednesday after a Black Hawk helicopter collided with a commercial airliner over Washington, D.C.

Reporting on the incident as emergency crews could be seen in the distance, Muntean noted, “Now investigators have an incredible amount of work cut out for them to figure out how a commercial airliner in the United States in 2025, when the pilots are incredibly trained, the technology is incredibly sharp, collided with what is apparently a military or government helicopter. Nobody else uses the Black Hawk.”

He continued:

It is really something else. I– I– I’m just stunned. Initially we had heard that this may have been a collision with a police helicopter, and what the FAA is laying out here is that it’s not the case. This was a mid-air collision between this commercial flight and a government or military helicopter. To put this into context for you, Reagan National Airport is right across the river, on the Maryland side is Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. That is where the presidential helicopter fleet is based. You’ll often see Marine One staged there, as well as the decoy helicopters that are part of the flight when there is a presidential movement.

This story is developing.

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