The Black Hawk Helicopter, which collided with an American airplane, was warned twice to the existence of an airplane, at least two minutes before the fatal crash drop. Washington Post Report.
Aviation experts reviewed the radio transmission on Wednesday nights acquired by the Washington Post, demanding “visual separation” so that a Black Hawk soldier can maintain a safe distance from a helicopter crew. I said. In both cases, the request was approved by air traffic control.
At 8:48 pm, a helicopter and a passenger plane collided about 12 seconds after the second air traffic control tower warning.
According to the Airlines expert who reviewed the recording, these warnings show that the helicopter crew had enough time to avoid plane, but on the line of vision. It may not be because I saw it, but it is not an American flight. I finally crashed.
“If he was looking at the right plane, he wouldn't have Hit,” said Scott Danham, a surveyor of the National Traffic Safety Commission. “They were many miles away … The resolution would literally take a few seconds.”
Flying route data shows about 11 miles from another plane and helicopter behind the American Airlines flight.
According to Danham, the second passenger aircraft may have been particularly difficult to distinguish from American Airlines airplanes, which arrived from Wicita at night.
The aerial collision killed 64 soldiers on an airplane and three soldiers in black hawk.
Authorities said at a press conference on Friday that they were completely confident that they could recover all 67 bodies. So far, the National Transportation Safety Board has confirmed the recovery of 41 victims.
National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the collision of the Potomac River.
As of Friday, the agency believes that both aircraft can collect black box recorders from both aircraft and recover all the data inside.
