DC plane collapse: When the boat reaches, the ATC personnel are equipped with level to help rescue operations
It is expected that the ship will reach the DC area on Saturday to help the rescue operation of the deadly aircraft at the Reagan National Airport (DCA) on Wednesday, because the Army Black Hawk helicopter collides with the US aviation aircraft halfway, killing American airlines How to collide with 67 people.
Todd Inman, a member of the National Transport Safety Commission (NTSB), said on Friday that the barge will help rescue operations to ensure the restoration of the remaining victims. He said that their remains will be handed over to them immediately, and the DC Medical Inspection Officer’s Office will proof of identity, and then returns to their families.
On Friday, at least 40 corpses were pulled out of the Potomo River. Both black boxes have been restored.
NTSB investigators checked the so -called black box recovered from the American Airlines aircraft. The aircraft crashed with the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near the Washington Special Economic Zone on Thursday, January 30, 2024. (NTSB)
DC aircraft crashed investigators recovered the black box of American airlines after the air collision
A new report from the New York Post shows that the Black Eagle has nearly twice the flight and the helicopter is not equipped with new technologies. The technology will remind them to the road of danger deviating from air traffic control. At the same time, a preliminary report shows that the level of personnel at the time of collision “is abnormal in time and traffic in the day.”
According to media reports, even if the aviation guide needs helicopters to helicopters on that route, the Black Eagle Kitchen Kitchen flying above 300 feet above 300 feet can stay below 200 feet.
This news will confirm the point of view of President Donald Trump, that is, the military aircraft is too high.
Trump wrote in “Truth Social Friday”: “The Black Eagle helicopter is too high. It far exceeds 200 feet restrictions.” “This is not really complicated, is it?”
Trump signed an administrative order on Thursday, asking for an evaluation of aviation security immediately.
Two flying path graphics. (Fox News)
R-TEXAS Senator Ted Cruz chaired the Senate Business, Science and Transportation Committee, and was responsible for supervising the aviation industry. He said that he has briefly introduced by the National Transport Safety Commission (NTSB) Sequence of deadly air collision on Wednesday.
He wrote on X: “Flight 5342 was originally scheduled to land on the No. 1 Runway 1 on Reagan, but was redirected to No. 33. At the same time, helicopter drove along Highway 1 and move to Highway 4.”
He added: “We know that air traffic control and helicopter crew confirmed that they have visual contact with the plane. The controller then instructed the helicopter to move behind the plane.” Crash in the air leads to a catastrophic explosion. “
Cruz said in an episode of “judgment” that if the army had equipped the Black Eagle with a monitoring channel device for automatic dependence, it may have avoided collision. This is a relatively new technology. You can see the height of the plane.
He said: “The Black Hawk helicopter has a responseer, so it appears on the radar. It is not a technology called ADS-B. This is the technology of the aircraft position. It uses GPS instead of radar.” “ADS-B is more accurate and reliable than just ping on the radar.”
On Friday, January 31, 2025, the general landscape of the Reagan National Airport Control Tower. Since the tragedy collision accident on Wednesday night, an American airline jet aircraft collided with the US Army Black Hawk helicopter. (Leigh Green of Fox News)
Air traffic controllers leave early from get off work before the collapse: report
At the same time, a preliminary FAA report showed that when a devastating collapse, an air traffic controller was monitoring aircraft and helicopters.
The New York Times reported that the level of personnel at the time of collision was “abnormal in time and traffic in the day.” In addition, one tower director asked another air traffic controller to leave work on Wednesday evening. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) calls on one controller to monitor the aircraft and the other monitoring helicopter.
The Times reports that the airport’s tower is one -third lower than the target employee level. As of September 2023, there are 19 comprehensive authentication controllers. Annual report contains the level of goals and actual personnel.
The target requirements set by FAA and controller unions are 30.
Five currently and predecessors told the media that the controller in the tower should more actively guide the helicopter and the aircraft to fly away. Instead, the controller requires the helicopter to remove the aircraft.
Another report of the New York Times shows that more than 90 % of the country’s 313 empty traffic control facilities operate lower than the level of personnel at FAA recommended.
Photos of some victims after a collision between American airline jet and American Black Eagle helicopters (Getty image)
The New York Times reported that as of January, the 285 facilities set by FAA and the union of the representative controller were lower than the level. Of the at least 73 facilities, at least a quarter of the labor force is lacking.
The Army named other soldiers killed in a collision. They were identified as 39 -year -old Andrew Loyd Eaves 2 in Great Mills, Maryland. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, 28, Georgian.
The Army said on Friday that the family members of the third soldier who were killed in the deadly critical collision near the National Airport of Ronaldi Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday were asking their identity to be uninteresting.
After the 2025 American Falter Skating Championships held in Wakhito, Kansas in 2025, the doomed American aviation aircraft was carrying more than a dozen people returning from the training camp. These victims include Spencer Lane and Jinna Han, Boston skating clubs in Massachusetts, Wooddon, and Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov in 1994, Norwood’s skating club in Massachusetes and Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov won the world champion of 1994.
US airlines collided with a military helicopter from the Wichoto of Kansas, and were close to Ronald Reagan National Airport. According to reports, there were no survivors on the two planes. (TASOS Katopodis/Getty image)
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At the same time, the Federal Aviation Administration will restrict the helicopter traffic around DCA on Friday.
According to Trump’s support, and made a decision with the negotiation with the Minister of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to the X post from Sean Duffy, secretary of the Ministry of Communications (DOT).
Dafi wrote: “Today’s decision will immediately help ensure the airspace near Reagan Airport to ensure the safety of aircraft and helicopter traffic.”
The restricted area includes the commemorative bridge to the street bridge to the South State Council, excluding the tidal basin, and Heinz points to the top of the Wilson Bridge and DCA.
