Al -Paraj is expected to arrive in the capital area on Saturday to help rescue operations from the deadly plane crash on Wednesday Rigan National Airport (DCA) As questions continue about how a Black Hawk army helicopter collided with an American aircraft, killing 67 people.
Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Council (NTSB), said on Friday that the Barbas will help in the rescue operations to ensure the rest of the victims. He said that their remains will be delivered immediately to them and the Al -Fahid Medical Office, the capital to determine the identity and then returned to their families.
At least 40 bodies were withdrawn from the Botomac River on Friday. Both black boxes have been recovered.
NTSB investigators examine the so -called black box that was recovered from the American Airlines plane that crashed with a Black Hawk helicopter in the US Army near Washington, DC, Thursday, January 30, 2024. (NTSB)
DC crash investigators recover black US Airways boxes after the air collided
A new report issued by The New York Post indicates that Black Hawk was flying almost twice as it should have been and that the helicopter was not equipped with a new technology that would alert air traffic monitoring to its deviant path. Meanwhile, a preliminary report indicated that employment levels at the time of collision “are not normal for today's time and traffic.”
Black Hawk Chopper fly over 300 feet over the Potomac River at the time of deadly crushing, although airline instructions require helicopters on this way to stay less than 200 feet, according to the exit reports.
The news will confirm President Donald Trump's opinion that the military plane was traveling very high.
“The Black Hawk helicopter was very high, but it was much higher than the 200 -foot length,” Trump wrote on social Friday. “This is not very complicated to understand, is it ???”
On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order calling for an immediate aircraft evaluation.
A drawing of two flying tracks. (Fox News)
Senator Ted CruzThe R-TEXAS, who heads the Senate Committee for Trade, Science and Transport, which supervises the aviation industry, said that it was reviewed by the National Transport Safety Council (NTSB) and detailing the sequence of events that led to the collision of the deadly bird on Wednesday.
“It was initially scheduled for the 5342 flight to the runway 1 in Reagan, but it was redirected to the runway 33,” he wrote on X. “At the same time, the helicopter was traveling along the 1st Road 1 before moving it to the road 4.”
He added: “We know that air traffic control confirmed with the helicopter crew that they had a visual contact with the plane. Then the control units issued the helicopter instructions to move behind the plane.” “However, instead of compliance, the helicopter moved in front of the plane. The two planes collided with air, which led to a catastrophic explosion.”
In an episode of “Judgment” podcast, Cruz said that the collision may have been avoided if the army had equipped Black Hawk with an automatic surveillance broadcasting device, a relatively new technology that allows air traffic control operators to see the height of the plane.
“The Black Hawk helicopter had no respondent, so it was appearing on the radar. It had no technology called ADS-B, a technique that nourishes the plane's location, and it does it using GPS instead of the radar,” he said. . “ADS-B more accurate and more reliable than just a radar transmission transmission.”
A general view of the surveillance tower at Reagan National Airport, Friday, January 31, 2025, has resumed flights since the tragic accident on Wednesday night, as a US airline collided with a Black Hawk helicopter in the American army. (Lee Green in favor of Fox News Digital)
Leave the air traffic controller early before the breakdown: Report
Meanwhile, a preliminary report of the FAA indicated that a single air traffic controller was watching both aircraft and helicopters at the time of the devastating collapse.
Employment levels at the time of collision were “unnatural for today and the volume of traffic,” according to the New York Times reports, noting the report. In addition, the tower supervisor claims to allow another Air traffic officer leaves work early on Wednesday Night. The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) calls for one console to monitor aircraft, while the last helicopters are monitored.
The Times report said that the tower at the airport was nearly a third of the targeted employees levels, with 19 fully accredited control units as of September 2023, noting the latest plan for the air traffic control force, which is an annual report to Congress containing.
The goals set by the FAA and the Federation's control union for 30.
Five current and precedent control units told the port that the tower control unit should have directed the helicopter and the plane more proactive. Instead, the helicopter control unit requested that the plane go.
Another report in the New York Times notes that more than 90 % of the 313 air traffic control facilities in the country are working below the recruitment levels recommended by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Pictures of some victims after colliding between the US Airlines and the American Black Hawk helicopter (Getty Images)
The New York Times reported that from January, 285 facilities were lower than the levels set by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Union representing the control units. In at least 73 facilities, at least a quarter of the workforce is missing.
Army It was named the other soldiers who were killed in the collision. They were identified as an Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39 years old, from Great Mills, Maryland and SGT. Ryan Austin Uhar, 28, from Lilpourne, Georgia.
The family of the third soldier was killed on the deadly Wednesday The air collision The army said on Friday that Ronald Reagan Washington's National Airport is asking its identity not to be released publicly.
The convicted US Airways plane was carrying more than ten people returning from a training camp after the 2025 American Ski Championship in Whitchita, Kansas, where the flight arose. Among these victims is Spencer Lin and It appears now, Both 16, who were skiing at the Boston Ski Club in Norwood, Massachusetts, as well as Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Nomov who won the 1994 world championship in husbands.
The US Airways flight from Whitchta collided with the air with a military helicopter while it was approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. According to reports, there were no survivors between 67 people on board. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration will restrict a helicopter around DCA, on Friday.
The decision was made with the support of Trump and consulting with Defense Minister Beit Higseth, according to a position on X from the Ministry of Transport (DOT) Sean Duffy.
Davi wrote: “Today's decision will help secure the airspace near Reagan Airport, ensuring the safety of the movement of aircraft and helicopters.”
The restricted area includes the Memorial Bridge to the South Capitol Street Bridge, with the exception of the tidal basin, and Henz refers to the Wilson Bridge and above the DCA summit.
