Sitting in his car, Steven Druit, 37 years of age, would be killed after a fatal collision with a plane, more specifically a learjet 55, while sitting on a busy Philadelphia street. The plane crashed at 6 p.m., during a bustling dinner evening. He would be one of seven victims of this tragic accident.

The plane was in the air for less than a minute before crashing, according to NBC 10 Philadelphia, and crashed approximately 3 miles away from the takeoff zone, which was the Northeast Philadelphia Airport. At the time, there was not an official cause for the crash, but the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) had been received from the accident. The crash was responsible for roughly 366 properties being destroyed,  around 11 of these were homes. This was only one of the recent aviation disasters that shook America.
Roughly 67 people were presumed dead after a passenger airplane on route to Reagan National Airport, Washington, D.C, would collide with a military helicopter–sending both vessels barreling into the Potomac River below on January 29. The helicopter’s black box, or CVR, has been recovered. There were no survivors. This tragedy was the first major commercial airplane flight incident since Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009.
President Donald Trump would later blame Democratic policies for causing the Potomac River crash. CNN U.S. reports, “The president later attacked Pete Buttigieg, who was secretary of transportation in Biden’s administration. ‘He was a disaster,’ Trump said of the former secretary…”
With these recent disasters happening so close to each other, America now must face a new problem: does flight safety regulations need changing once more?

To follow with upcoming news about each investigation, visit the National Transportation Safety Board:  Washington D.C Crash,  Philadelphia Crash