King Charles III sent condolences to the US and the families of the Washington, DC, plane crash Victims.
“My family and I are deeply shocked and saddened by the terrible news of the tragic air accident in Washington, DC, which led to such a devastating loss of life,” Said the prince In a memo released by Buckingham Palace and shared by several news broadcasts.
“Our hearts and our special thoughts are with the people of the United States, and our deepest possible sympathy goes to the families and loved ones of all victims.”
Charles also said that he “wanted to give a special tribute to the care providers who acted so quickly to this terrible event.”
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King Charles III sent his participation in the US on Saturday and the families of the Washington, DC, plane crash victims. (Getty Images)
On Wednesday evening, 64 people were on board an American Airlines Regional Jet incoming to Reagan National Airport from Wichita, Kansas, when the plane collided with an army Black Hawk -Helikopter with three soldiers, who sent both planes in the Potomac and left no survivors behind.
The cause of the collision continues to be investigated.
Search teams still recover bodies and both aircraft stay in the Potomac River until they can be removed in a storage room.
The crash is the first commercial airline accident on American soil since 2009, when 50 people were killed when a buffalo, New York-related plane put after taking off.
The king also offered condolences in December for the victims of a December 29 Plane crash in South Korea That killed 179 people.
“My wife and I were deeply sad to learn from the horrible air accident in Muan, which resulted in such a heavy loss of life,” he said at the time. “While the people of the Republic of Korea mourns this disaster, the families and loved ones of all victims are in our prayers.”
Rescuers recover debris from the Potomac River Thursday after the collision of Wednesday evening between American Eagle Flight 5342 and a Black Hawk -Helicopter. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
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The royal family is no stranger to tragedy. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997, and Lord Louis Mountbatten, the second cousin of the deceased Queen Elizabeth, was killed in an Irish terrorist bomb attack in Ireland in 1979.
The uncle of the deceased queen, Prince George, the Duke of Kent, also died in a plane crash in 1942 while visiting troops in Iceland. And her first cousin, Prince William, the Duke of Gloucester, died in 1972 while driving an airplane in a race during an air show in Staffordshire, England.
Prince Charles, to be seen here in 1971, learned to fly in the Royal Air Force. (UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty images)
The royal family is often in the air, flies to distant locations, and Prince Philip and King Charles both learned to fly in the army. Prince William and Prince Harry were also both helicopter pilots in the army.
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Charles had a scary incident while driving a small, non -military aircraft in 1994 about the inner Hebrides of Scotland when he popped a band and crossed a runway.
A year later he gave his pilot permit.
