ATC's sound surveillance sound reveals a collision on Wednesday between the Black Hawk helicopter in the army and the US Airways plane before and after the observers witnessed the disaster that is unveiled.
The two planes collided at the National Reagan Airport in Arlington, VirginiaAt approximately 9 pm with 60 passengers and four crew members on the passenger plane, while three soldiers were inside the helicopter. A huge recovery process takes place on the Botomac River.
In an air traffic monitoring sound, an American Airlines Flight 5342 console can be heard for Runway 33.
ATC's sound surveillance sound reveals a collision on Wednesday between the Black Hawk helicopter in the army and the US Airways plane before and after the observers witnessed the disaster that is unveiled. (EarthCam)
AA pilot confirms that he can take Runway 33 and is clear in the plane landing, which is the regional PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700, which is referred to as “CRJ”.
Then the observer guides the helicopter, a helicopter from the UH-60 Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter, which is referred to as “Pat25” to pass behind the plane.
“Pat25, do you have CRJ on the horizon?
Not any response to ATC sound feeding. Fox News has learned that the helicopter responded, but on a different frequency, frequent helicopters.
After about 40 seconds, I alerted monitoring the terrestrial traffic.
American Airlines Flight 5342 to take runway 33. (Fox News)
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“Tower, have you seen that?”
Someone says from the tower: “
“Everyone is carrying your sites in the field now,” says female observer.
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“Driving the fire. The accident occurred in the river. Both helicopter and plane were crashed into the river … approached the runway 33,” she says.
“All the corridors are closed. No one goes down, no one is moving at all,” she said to The Fire Command, adding that he has a permit to use all taxis and corridors to respond.
“Maybe it was in the middle of the river. I have never seen anything since they struck the river. But it was CRJ and a helicopter that struck, I would like to say about half a mile from the approach to 33,” she says.
At the time of the accident, Rigan National Airport I mentioned a clear sky, the clarity of 10 miles and the winds that lasted from the northwest at a speed of 16 miles per hour, and blowing to 26 miles per hour. The temperature at that time was 50 degrees.
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Army Fox News Digital told the Black Hawk helicopter in the UH-60, which is taking place three soldiers, “from Bravo, the twelfth aviation battalion, from Davison Jaish Airport, Fort Belfar”, and was “a training trip”.
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A boat in the scene in the Botomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport, on Thursday, January 30, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. (Alex Brandon/AP)
The collision was the first time that there has been an American commercial flying crash since 2009.
Colgan Air Flight 3407, a trip from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York, and crashed during the landing approach near Bovalo Niagra International Airport on February 12, 2009.
Greg Winner and Jennifer Griffin contributed to Fox News.
