The screen grab taken from the video indicates that airplanes in the area that collided with the Potomax River in the United States on January 29, 2025 collided with military helicopters.
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Aerial collision between military helicopters and an American Airlines On Wednesday night, the regional jet liner near Reagan National Airport in Washington DC ends the continuation of the safety of commercial air travel, which is not known for the previous generation.
This is the most fatal atmosphere disaster in the United States for more than 20 years.
Officials said on Thursday morning, shifting from recovery to rescue activities, and no survivors. Washington’s fire and EMS’s Chief John Donnie said that 27 bodies have been collected so far.
The American Eagle Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was approaching the Ronal Dragan Washington National Airport, about 300 feet, when the US military Black Hawk Helicopter collided with a commercial jet liner.
60 people of 60 (60 passengers and four crew members) were on the American flight. The flight was operated by the US subsidiary PSA Airlines. The plane was Bombardia CRJ700, a regional jet used for a shorter route.
The rescuers were competing on Wednesday to recover passengers from the extremely cold sea of ​​the Potomax River, but local officials said that the situation was difficult due to strong winds.
Black Hawk Helicopter and Reagan Washington’s E -Ground 5342, approaching the National Airport, collided on January 30, 2025 and dropped CRASH, and when the sun rises in the crash drop in the Potmuck River, the savage of the boat work. Masu.
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The United States has been taking years without a fatal commercial airline accident. In February 2009, we arrived in Buffalo, New York, killing one person on the ground and all 49 people on the ground, and in February 2009, the Continental flight 3407 collided with the house in February 2009. The deadly US commercial airline crash has occurred.
The clashes of the Turbo Prop Aircraft encouraged federal regulations that require more rest and training for pilots.
The most deadly incident in recent memories was the 587 US Airlines, an Airbus A300, which dropped CRASH in November 2001 shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. All 260 people in the flight died and the other five died on the Queens ground.
The collision of the plane is very rare, and safety experts often use overlapping and redundant safety measures.
“Very safe. Even in this accident, I say it is very safe,” said Jeff Gutzette, a retired air safety investigator who retired from the US National Transportation Safety Commission and the Federal Aviation Bureau. I said.
NTSB leads the investigation of an accident on Wednesday. This includes FAA, American Airlines, crew unions, and other parties.
NTSB issues a preliminary report, but the final report that determines the cause or cause of an airplane collision may take several months, not a year or more.
When the black box is recovered, the investigator checks the record of air traffic control, training records, cockpit audio and data recorders, along with many other factors.
The accident will challenge Donald Trump Days to his new term. He has not yet been appointed as a candidate to become a permanent representative of the Federal Aviation Bureau, after Mike Witaker, appointed by Biden, resigned when Trump’s term began on January 20.
In 2023, the FAA made a plan designed to further improve safety and eliminate all “close calls” at the airport.
