King Charles says ‘Our Hearts’ with us after ‘devastating loss of life’ in the crash on DC aircraft
King Charles III directed condolences on Saturday -Ui families Washington, DC, plane crash victims.
“My family and I were deeply shocked and bereaved by the terrible news of a tragic air accident in Washington, DC, which led to such a devastating loss of life,” The monarch said In the memorandum published by Buckingham Palace and distributes more news.
“Our hearts and our special thoughts are with the people of the United States, and our deepest sympathy goes to families and loved ones of all victims.”
Charles also said that he wanted to receive “special honor to emergencies who played this terrible event so quickly.”
King Charles III sent a condolences to the USA to the families of Washington, DC, on Saturday the victims of the plane. (Getty Images)
On Wednesday night, 64 people were on the ship of the American Airlines regional aircraft at the National Airport of Reagan of Wichite in Kansas, when the plane collided with the Black Hawk Army helicopter, which transported three soldiers, sending both aircraft to Potomac and leaving no survivors.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation.
Search crews are still recovering the bodies and both aircraft remain in the Potomac River until they can be removed in rescue operation.
The collision is the first commercial aircraft accident on US soil since 2009, when 50 people were killed when Buffalo, a New York -related aircraft stopped after taking off.
King also sent condolences to the victims of December 29 in December Aircraft collision in South Korea That killed 179 people.
“My wife and I were deeply sad when we found out about a terrible air accident on Muan, which resulted in such a difficult loss of life,” he said at the time. “While the people of the Republic of Korea mourn this catastrophe, the families and loved ones of all the victims are in our prayers.”
Official workers are recovering debris from the Potomac River on Thursday after a collision on Wednesday night between the American Eagle Flight 5342 and Black Hawk helicopter. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
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The royal family is not foreign tragedy. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997, and Lord Louis Mountbatten, another cousin of Queen Elizabeth, died in the terrorist bombing of the Irish Republican army in Ireland in 1979.
Uncle of the late Queen, Prince George, Duke of Kent, also died in a plane crash in 1942 while visiting Troops in Iceland. And her first cousin, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, died in 1972, while piloting his plane in the race during the air show in Staffordshire, England.
Prince Charles, seen here in 1971, learned to fly at the royal air forces. (PILLAGE/BETTMANN ARCHIVE/Getty Images)
The royal family is often in the air, flying to distant locations, and Prince Philip and King Charles learned to fly in the army. Prince William and Prince Harry were also pilots of helicopters in the military.
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Charles had a daunting incident while in 1994 he piloted the small, not -jenik through the internal hebrid of Scotland, when he climbed the tire and overturned the runway.
A year later, he gave up his pilot license.
