The PSA Airlines airplane, which operates an American flight, collided with the Army Black Hawk Helicopter near the Ronal Dragan National Airport in Washington DC on Wednesday night. After producing a large fireball on the Potomax River, both aircraft archeological sites fell into the extreme cold sea.
Authorities did not expect to find survivors in ice and debris, so their rescue efforts have given their way to recover.
The Federal Aviation Bureau that began a joint survey of a fatal incident with the National Transport Safety Commission, Confirmed The American Eagle Flight 5342 on the way from Wichita, Kansas is Sikorsky H while approaching the runway 33 at 8:50 pm local time on the way to the PSA Airlines CRJ700 Regional Jet. -60 I collided with a helicopter.
There were 60 passengers and 4 crew members on the 5342 flight. Three service members were on a helicopter. It is shown It was out of Ford Berboa, Virginia.
“Tower, did you see it?”
The flight monitoring data indicated that the helicopter was clearly a training flight and headed south along the river district before the collision. It has been reported Washington Post. The plane was on hundreds of feet on the water when it came into contact with the Army helicopter.
Secretary of Transport Sean Duffy It is shown At a press conference on Thursday morning, both helicopters and airplanes were “standard flight patterns”, and based on what they saw, the collisions were absolutely prevented.
Aviation traffic control sounds have appeared, and the final communication between the tower and the fate helicopter, and the reaction of the observer immediately afterwards appeared.
in One clip The Air Control Officer released at Liveatc.net, a repository of air traffic audio recording, said, “Can you see PAT25, CRJ?
Another aircraft aircraft You can ask After a while, “Tower, did you see it?”
The Air Control Officer turned the airplane around the runway 33.
“This is a bad situation that seems to have been prevented.”
At the time of the collision, one aviation control officer According to where it is conveyed You will be asked in the record, “Crash, crash, crash, this is an alert 3.”
in Another clipAviation Committee said, “Both helicopters and airplanes collided with the river. In the east of the approach of the runway 33,” All runways are closed. No one has landed. Nobody is moving. No. ”
“I just looked at the fireball, and it was gone,” said the Air Control. “I have never seen anything since they attacked the river, but the CRJ and the helicopter would be half a mileage from the end of 33 approaches.”
“We are currently switching from rescue activities to recovery activities,” said DC Fire and EMS's Chief John Donnie at a press conference on Thursday. “I don't think there is a survivor from this accident.”
Donnie pointed out that 27 bodies and helicopters had been recovered from the plane so far.
The US figure skating posted that several members of the skating community were riding on a commercial passenger aircraft when they crashed. Athletes, coaches, and family victims have returned from a national development camp in Wichita in cooperation with the US figure skating championship.
“We are devastating by tragedy that cannot be described in this word and keeping the victim's family closely in our hearts,” said a statement.
President Donald Trump Responded It suggests that CRASH was dropped shortly after midnight and did not calculate anything about the incident.
“The plane was on the perfect and everyday approach to the airport. The helicopter was moving straight on an airplane for a long time. It was a sunny night, the airplane light was burning. The helicopter was up and down. Do or rotate[?]”The president wrote in a true society.” Why did the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane.[?] This is a bad situation that seems to have been prevented. not good! “”
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