参议员塔米·达克沃斯（民主党-伊利诺伊州）周一致信联邦航空管理局（FAA）局长布莱恩·贝德福德、国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯和管理和预算局（OMB）局长拉塞尔·沃特，谴责特朗普总统近期在万圣节进行的低空飞越。飞越发生在上周四白宫万圣节派对期间，“空军一号”在南草坪上空进行了两次低空飞越。一名联邦航空管理局官员表示，这些飞行已与该机构协调。
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) condemned President Trump’s recent low flyover on Halloween in a Monday letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought. The flyover occurred last Thursday during the White House’s Halloween party with Air Force One making two low altitude passes around the South Lawn. An FAA official said the flights were coordinated with the agency.
作为航空、航天和创新小组委员会首席议员，达克沃斯描述了“空军一号”的飞越“惊吓了居民，引发了911报警电话，并迫使罗纳德·里根华盛顿国家机场（DCA）实施地面停飞”，导致200多个航班延误。她写道：“对于南草坪上的孩子们来说，也许是个‘不给糖就捣蛋’的糖果；但对于国家首都地区（NCR）乃至全国的其他人来说，却是个‘恶作剧’——危险、昂贵且极不严肃。”
Duckworth — ranking member of the Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation — described how the passes by Air Force One “startled residents, prompted 911 calls and forced a ground stop at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA),” which resulted in more than 200 flight delays. “For the children on the [South Lawn], perhaps a treat; for everyone else in the National Capital Region (NCR) and across the country, a trick—dangerous, expensive and profoundly unserious,” she wrote.
哥伦比亚特区委员会办公室的X账号确认，“市中心、五角大楼或国家机场的任何人”在飞行前仅获得了15分钟通知。达克沃斯继续写道：“经历过2001年9月11日劫机客机撞击五角大楼的居民拨打911，担心遭遇袭击。白宫坚称飞越‘带来了欢乐和兴奋’。去告诉那些拨打911的人吧。”她正在质询贝德福德、赫格塞斯和沃特飞越前的审批流程，以及是否遵循了适当的通知程序。
The Council of D.C. office's X account confirmed “anyone in downtown DC, at the Pentagon or at National Airport” had been given 15 minutes notice before the flight. “Residents who lived through September 11, 2001, when a hijacked airliner struck the Pentagon, dialed 911 fearing an attack,” Duckworth continued. “The White House insisted the flyover ‘brought joy and excitement.’ Tell that to the people who called 911.”She is questioning Bedford, Hegseth and Vought on the approval process taken before the flyover and if proper notification procedures had been followed.
她还要求他们“完整核算纳税人的成本”。他们的回复截止日期为11月20日。“与所有国会信函一样，国防部将直接向作者回复，”一名国防部官员告诉《国会山报》。
She also asked they provide “a complete accounting of the cost to taxpayers.”Their responses are due Nov. 20. "As with all congressional correspondence, the Department will respond directly to the authors," a Defense Department official told The Hill.
“国家得到了一个披着糖衣的恶作剧——又一次提醒我们，这个不严肃的总统更感兴趣的是用他的玩具给孩子们留下印象，而不是满足美国人民的需求，”达克沃斯总结道。这些飞越表演还发生在2025年波托马克河上空的空中相撞事故之后，事发地点靠近里根国家机场（DCA）。一架陆军黑鹰直升机与一架美航航班相撞，当时该航班距离在国家机场降落仅剩几秒钟。
“The country got a trick dressed up as a treat—and another reminder that this unserious President is more interested in impressing children with his toys than in meeting the needs of the American people,” Duckworth concluded. The flyovers also come after the 2025 midair collision over the Potomac River, near DCA. An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines flight when it was seconds away from landing at National Airport.
两架飞机上的人员无一生还。一份美国陆军报告指出，“最突出的促成因素”是两次无线电通讯中断，导致陆军UH-60黑鹰直升机（即PAT 25）未能从国家机场的空管塔收到“关键细节”。美国管理和预算办公室（OMB）未立即回应《国会山报》的置评请求。
None of the people on board either aircraft survived. A U.S. army report noted the “most salient contributing factor” was two broken radio transmissions, which resulted in the Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, or PAT 25, not receiving “critical details” from DCA’s air traffic control tower. OMB did not respond immediately to The Hill’s request for comment.