The Federal Aviation Bureau (FAA) said that the air traffic controller staff was “not normal” during the collision of an airplane on Wednesday night between the American Airlines Passenger aircraft and the Army Blackhawk Training Flight on Thursday reports. I mentioned.
“The configuration of the position was not normal for traffic time and amount of time,” FAA wrote in the report. AP communication。
The agency pointed out that one aircraft controller worked in two different jobs during the crash, processing local and helicopters.
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said that it is not unusual for air traffic controllers to function at a time. According to CNN。
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association has called for a change in the shift rotation in recent months, requiring 10 hours off during the work period, 12 hours before and after midnight shifts, and restrictions on continuous overtime.
According to AP, the FAA agreed to their conditions and added an additional 1,800 controller, but the crash of the near miss is sustained.
Authorities are waiting for a complete investigation to determine the main causes of CRASH.
“It will help the National Traffic Safety Commission to complete the work and use that information to help enhance and improve aviation safety,” Daniels states on the outlet. Shared.
The law enforcement agency has immediately begun to recover from the Potomax River, but does not expect to save survivors.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it would collect flight data from aircraft black boxes and provide further information for investigation. CNN。
