Aurington, Virginia -A jet with 60 passengers and four crew collided with the Army helicopter on Wednesday while approaching Ronal Dragan National Airport near Washington. The aircraft has plummeted to the Potmax River. The officials said on Thursday, feared that everyone on the ship would be dead.
The crash has occurred in the world's most closer and monitored airspace, over three miles (5 kilometers) south of the White House and the US Council.
What you need to know about collision is as follows.
crash
According to the Federal Aviation Bureau, the aerial Crash accident occurred around 9 pm.
A few minutes before Jet landed, the pilot agreed, asking if an air traffic controller could land on a short runway with American Airlines 5342. The controller has cleared the jet to the land, and the flight tracking site indicated that the plane adjusts the approach to the new runway.
Infographic has crashed both aircraft if 60 passengers and four crews have brought four passengers who collided with a military helicopter carrying three soldiers near the Ronal Dragan Airport. I let you do it. (MEHMET YAREN BOZGUN/Anadolu Via Getty Images)
Within 30 seconds of the collision, an Air Commoner asked if he had visible to the helicopter. The controller performed another radio call at the moment of the helicopter. There was no reply. A few seconds later, two aircraft collided.
The airplane wireless transponder has stopped sending about 2,400 feet in the middle of the runway and about 2,400 feet in the middle of the Potomac.
Officials said that the airplane body was found upside down in three sources of water depth of the waist. The wreckage of the helicopter was also found.
Emergency response
Authorities were conducting large -scale search and rescue activities. Inflatable boats were launched on the river, and the first response was set up a light tower from the coast and illuminated the area. The helicopter of the entire regional law enforcement agency also flew the site in order to search for the body and survivors.
“We are currently switching from rescue activities to recovery activities,” said Washington Fire Department, John Donnely, at a press conference on Thursday. “I don't think there is a survivor.”
Passengers and dead
At least 28 bodies were pulled out from the ice -like sea of the Potomax River.
Authorities said they were still looking for other casualties but did not believe they were survivors.
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airport
Legan nationals, located along the Potomax River southwest of Washington, are a popular option because they are much closer to the city than large Dales International Airport.
All takeoff and landing from Reagan Airport have stopped. The Federal Aviation Bureau has announced that it will resume at 11:00 am on Thursday.
investigation
The investigator tries to connect the last moment of the aircraft to the last moment before the collision. This includes contact with the air traffic controller and the high loss due to the passenger seat.
Related aircraft
The helicopter was a UH-60 blackhawk based in Fort Berbore in Virginia, according to the US Army. According to the Army officials, three soldiers were riding a helicopter.
Other aircraft were made in Canadian Bombardy-701 Twin Engine Jet in 2004. It can be configured to carry up to 70 passengers.
History of deadly aircraft dropped
The fatal crash of a commercial aircraft It is rare in the United States. The last was near Buffalo, New York in 2009. All 45 passengers and four crews were killed when the Bombardy DHC-8 Propeller Airplane collided with the house. One on the ground was killed.
The incident killed 78 people on Wednesday, reminiscent of the CRASH drop of Florida flight, which had plunged into Potomac on January 13, 1982. The crash was due to bad weather.
