The air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport was not a normal level in the case of a collision between the US Army Black Hawk Helicopter and the American Airlines jet. It is not clear whether this affected the situation leading to the crash.
New York Times It has been reported According to a spare FAA safety report, the level of staffing of Reagan National Airport (DCA) control tower was not the normal level between the timing and traffic. It seems that a single controller is running two controllers.
Era Report:
The controller who handled a helicopter near the airport on Wednesday night was instructing an airplane landing from the runway. These jobs are usually assigned to two controllers, not one.
This may increase the workload of air control officers and make the job complicated. One reason is that the controller can be communicated with an airplane or pilot flying a helicopter using a different wireless frequency. The controller is communicating between a helicopter and a jet pilot, but two pilots may not be able to hear each other.
Era The DCA tower reported that the number of people has been short of years. The 2023 report indicates that the staffing level was about one -third lower than recommended.
NBC's Tom Elliott reported that one of the controllers had to leave the tower on the crash night with the control tower boss. As a result, there was only one supervisor who handles both helicopters and airplanes on Wednesday night. Usually, there was one dedicated to helicopters and one dedicated to an airplane. “
In a radio traffic audio recording between the controller and black hawk (PAT-25) released late at night on Tuesday, the controller asks if a passenger aircraft (CRJ) can be seen in the helicopter (PAT-25). Ta. After a while, the controller seems to instruct PAT-25 to pass behind CRJ. Exchange occurs at the start of this audio. About 30 seconds later, an unknown pilot asks, “Tower, did you see it?”
It is unknown whether an American Airlines pilot has never heard of a conversation when he turned to the runway 33 at the DCA.
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump has blasted former Secretary of Transport, Pete Battigeg and former President Joe Biden for Dei employment. Mr. Trump said Battigeg said that he had “approached the ground with his diversity.”
At a press conference, the media challenged Trump's claim and asked, “Is the crash caused as a result of diversity employment?” The president answered:
It may have been just. We have a high level. We have a much higher standard than anyone else. And there is something you have to go to BrainPower. You have to go with psychological quality, and psychological quality is a very important factor. These are various very powerful tests used. And they were fired by Biden. And Biden went on a criterion for the opposite. So we don't know. But we know you have two airplanes at the same level. There was a helicopter and an airplane. It should have happened. And we will see it. We are going to find out, and we will see it. But for the air control, we want the most bright, wise, and sharpest. I want someone who is psychologically good. And that's what we have.
The reporter followed up and asked how to conclude that diversity is related to crashes. He answered:
Because I have common sense. got it? And unfortunately, many people do not. We want great people to do this. This is the highest level of chess games. There are 60 airplanes in a short period of time, all of which come in different directions, handling very high -level computers, computers, and very complicated computers.
The president continued to guarantee that the flight was safe. “Flying is very safe,” said the President. “We are flying the safest flight everywhere in the world. It keeps that way.”
Bob Price BREITBART TEXAS-BORDER team associate editor and senior news contributor. He is an original member of the Bright Bart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist of Fox 26 Houston What are your points? Sunday morning talk show. He is also the president Blue Wonder Gun Care Products。
