Commercial pilots and military pilots have long shared busy airspace in Washington DC, Human error seems to be a factor On Wednesday crashes, there are more questions on military and private aviation rules and regulations.
The plane, which collided with the Black Hawk Helicopter on the Potomax River on Wednesday night, came in Kansas and landed at Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. Airport where the number of flights has soared The last 10 years.
Last year, Congress passed the Federal Aviation Bureau (FAA) re -approval bill, which increased the number of flights at national airports by 10.
At that time, concerns were raised by lawmakers, including Tim Kane and Mark Warner in Virginia.The person who warned the national airportI was already the busiest in Japan, and the bill was “Gambling with the safety of everyone who uses this airport。 “
“I've been there I've been worried about this for a long timeAnd I'm worried about it, “said KaneI told the reporters on Thursday。 “I have been very worried about the very complicated airspace, commercial, military, and security demands of being in the capital of the country.”
Congress generally restricts non -stop flights from national airports other than 1,250 miles, leading long flights to airports such as Washing Tondales International Airport and Baltimore/Washington International Surgdmarters. But for many years, Congress has it. Continued restrictions Further allow flights outside.
Crash is The most fatal in the United States for the first time in 24 years260 people died of American Airlines CRASH in New York in November 2001.
It looks like some failures contribute to this week's crash bMany precautions have changed to a black hawk helicopter, President Trump There is a disability that the flight is too high And when the plane returns to the national airport, it does not control the plane.
The Army has been since then I identified two of the three killed crew membersincludeStaff Ryan Austin Ohara28 -year -old in Rilburn, Georgia -It was thought that positive identification had died during the dispute -and the highest warrant officer 2 Andrew Lloyd Evers39, 39 of Great Mills, Maryland, its body has not been recovered yet.
The names of the third soldier, whose body had not yet been recovered, was not released at the request of the family.
CRASH drops are investigated by the Army, National Transport Safety Commission (NTSB), and FAA, and may take several months for the overall picture to appear. NTSB said that it could have it Preliminary report within 30 days。
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