Air Traffic Control (ATC) audio from Wednesday’s collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet reveals the moments before and after controllers witnessed the disaster unfold.

Audio of air traffic control captured the moment that workers observed a Black Hawk helicopter colliding with a passenger jet near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night.

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President Donald Trump and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg are locked in a heated public dispute over air traffic control standards and hiring practices, following a deadly plane collision near Washington,

The FAA has said that all controllers have to meet tough testing and training standards and go through a lengthy certification process.

According to the audio, the air traffic controllers reacted to the crash before starting to redirect other air traffic in the area. One person described the collision as being in the middle of the Potomac River, while describing seeing a fireball and then nothing. Those on board included members of the U.S. and Russian figure skating communities.

It is being reported that staffing was “not normal” in the air traffic control tower at Washington Reagan National Airport during the time of the deadly plane crash on Wednesday night.

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