Search efforts continue after a plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.
'You can't tell a lot from video footage taken at night, but the footage raises a lot of questions about how this happened,' Kaine said on 'CBS Mornings' following a news conference with officials at Reagan National.Kaine noted that military flights and commercial flights are pretty common in the area, saying Reagan is a 'very congested airport.
'On the congestion issue, Kaine said he anticipates the National Transportation Safety Board will look into it, while acknowledging that congestion is a concern he has raised 'for years.' He added that it's 'not a good time to speculate.'Kaine expressed 'deep sorrow' for the passengers, the crew and the three soldiers, along with their loved ones, many of whom he expected would be from the Virginia and D.C. area.
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