The retired Army Helicopter pilot shared insights on what could cause a fatal mid -air collision on Wednesday on the Washington DC Potomac River.
Talk to Fox News “Friends with foxesColonel Dalin Gabu, who flew a black hawk helicopter on Thursday and Wednesday night, said that he had anything in the table to explain the crash that claimed 67 lives.
“Why didn't you do so? [the pilot] turn around? Why didn't you do so [the pilot] Do you even be late? Gaub said.
“Something did not look at the aircraft … so I want to know that they answered why they did not deviate from their flight course at all -speed or altitude “
Before CRASH, the pilot acknowledged a message from air control warning about passenger aircraft on a flight route.
Gaub suggested that the helicopter pilot was looking at the wrong plane, and suggested that he did not see the American Airlines 5342 before the collision.
Pentagon has confirmed on Thursday that the fate US Army UH-60 helicopter pilot will use night vision goggles to see them during the training flight.
Gowb says that goggles help pilots in the dark, but to limit their field of view to “about 40 degrees”.
“Knowing whether they are cooperating is a relevant point -it is a basic night flight or under the goggles of the night vision,” he said.
He also pointed out that the Potmax River (the body is still recovered) functions as a natural air corridor that defines “where to accurately”. [pilots] According to Gaub, they help them judge both altitude and course.
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“If they were too expensive, they could be like that,” he said.
He has mostly rejected the concept that the chopper carrying three crew members may have caused the factors instead of four full capacity.
Another potential cause of the obvious confusion on a helicopter was the bright light emitted from the lively large city below.
“If you fly in an environment illuminated by the lighting of the city, if you fly in an aircraft lighting and an environment where many aircraft fly, you can actually blend all kinds of types together,” Gaubu said. 。
“At a specific altitude, he can actually distinguish between aircraft with cars and street lights on the street,” he added, and the incident was piloted while piloting Korean chopper, which had a near -miss in 747. I remembered it. He thought it was a “car moving on the street.”
Frustrated, Gaubu said that for age, Black Hawk Helicopter did not have a “black box” flight recorder that is usually like commercial aircraft. together. “”
