Just a week after an airborne crash near Reagan National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Traffic Safety Committee plan to make senators easier.
Air collision between Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter And a The Bombardier CRJ700 passenger plane has been confirmed to have killed 67 people.
Since the crash, the FAA has been imposing strict restrictions on helicopter flights near airports until late February, except for police and medical transport, air defense and presidential air transport.
The crane-carrying barge travels some of the wreckage from the Potomac River after the aftermath of the US Eagle Flight 5342 collision and the Black Hawk helicopter that was hit by the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, USA. , February 5th, 2025. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
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They also posted a notice restricting civilian planes from flying in the area when helicopters exist until March 31st.
The plane's flight data recorder showed it was hit 325 feet by a helicopter on Wednesday night, and before the impact, preliminary information released on Saturday showed that there had been a change in the aircraft's pitch. I did.
“Currently, the CRJ (plane) based on the data recorder at impact was 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet,” Todd Inman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said at a press conference on Saturday. “And for those who follow this closely, it's a modified advanced.”
People stand next to the Potomac River. February 5th, 2025, 2025 after attending a candle vigil for victims of the American Eagle Flight 5342 collision and a Black Hawk helicopter crash that hit a river near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
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“At one point, there was a slight change in the pitch, and there was an increase in the pitch,” he added later after being asked if the plane had been pulled up.
The crane carrying barge passes some of the remains from the Potomac River as it passes through a helicopter associated with a crash fall after a collision with the US Eagle Flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that was hit by the Ronaldrado. It will be transported. February 5th, 2025, Reagan Washington National Airport is located in Arlington, Virginia, USA. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
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Air traffic control data had the plane's altitude at 200 feet at the time of the collision, but Inman said “we haven't decided on that and we need to get a more detailed granularity.” – Differences in altitude feet.
Andrea Margolis and Rick Eggleston of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
