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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe man is insane.
Biden, Obama DEI, Secretary Pete, all to blame . Please remove him now.

XanaDUer2
(15,659 posts)The Blue Flower
(5,770 posts)America lost.
lapfog_1
(30,718 posts)that got some traction after 9/11.
But it was killed because Congress didn't want to take the extra time to drive ( be driven ) to either BWI or Dulles.
There was also the other winter time crash of a airliner that took off from there and hit the bridge over the Potomac.
The true culprit was the lack of de-icing just before the plane left.
obamanut2012
(28,336 posts)lapfog_1
(30,718 posts)not to mention a very dated location. As long ago as the 1970s airport planners started moving airports away from urban centers because of the dangers posed by tight corridors, high buildings, plethora of light sources, etc.
D.C. is the worst with the river, the pentagon, the White House, and the Capitol and air space restrictions.
NutmegYankee
(16,397 posts)The thrust sensor heaters on the engines were left off because the Florida crew usually didnt normally use them, so they took off with too low a power setting on the engines. Had that been set properly, they wouldnt have stalled despite ice on the wings.