A combination of harsh weather and delay in individual states choosing electors pushed the inauguration to April 30, 1789. At 2 p.m., Washington recited the constitutionally mandated oath on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, the fledgling nation’s temporary capitol.

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There is at least one casualty after a helicopter crash at a major airport tonight. All runways have been shutdown and all departures and landings have been halted at the DCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members has collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

A regional jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, crashed into a Black Hawk while on approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport.

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A retired commercial pilot, who now lives in Colorado Springs, believes Ronald Reagan National Airport should be closed to commercial traffic because of the complexity and danger it presents to

"We have 67 people that have perished in a terrible accident that probably we're going to determine was very preventable," Womack said.

Gravelly Point, just a few hundred feet from the north end of the runway at Reagan National, was one of the closed parks. It has for decades been a spot favored by aviation enthusiasts as well as tourists and picnickers who want to watch flights land and take off.

The airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has long been problematic due to heavy military and commercial flight activity in the nation’s capital, according to industry insiders.

There were multiple fatalities, according to a person familiar with the matter, but the precise number of victims was unclear as rescue crews hunted for any survivors.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said on MSNBC Thursday there is “certainly a conversation to be had” about traffic at Reagan Washington National Airport. “There have been questions