On Thursday, the head of the National Transport and Safety Board (NTSB) said that, based on the “initial information”, it seems that the crew of the Black Hawk helicopter crew was wearing night vision glasses before a fatal collision with an American lines plane last week near Washington, DC
Jennifer Humandi, NTSB president, spoke to journalists at Capitol Hill after reviving the members of the Board of Transport, Transport and Infrastructure on the accident. Every 67 people were killed On the plane.
Humandi was asked if Black Hawk's pilots wore night vision glasses.
“We believe, given the mission and given what we heard or did not hear about the CVR (cockpit) voice recorder that they were wearing glasses in night vision,”
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She explained that if the crew members did not wear glasses in the night vision, the policy will require them to mention that they were flying without help.
Humandi said, “This was not on the CVR voice recorder,” Humndi said. “We did not find any indication of this on CVR, which means that they will not have clarified it. But again, it's primary.”
Homendy told the correspondents more about the Black Hawk mission that night, which was called “Ride the check”.
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The Black Hawk army helicopter collided with the left round, in the air with an American aircraft near Reagan Washington National Airport. (EarthCam)
She said that there are three examination rides performed by the army, one of which includes tools such as night vision glasses, and an annual examination to determine the efficiency of the pilot in flying.
She pointed out that this particular trip was an annual check ride of the night lottery.
The Chairman of the Senate Trade Committee, Ted Cruz, R-TEXAS, told reporters on Thursday that the Black Hawk helicopter stopped the automatic surveillance broadcast (ADS-B), which is allowed for military aircraft.
“This was a training task, so there was no convincing cause of national security to stop the AdS-B,” Cruz said after sitting in a briefing in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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Investigators are studying the debris of the Black Hawk helicopter in the Botomac River after a fatal collision with an American lines plane. (NTSB)
ADS-B is an advanced monitoring technique used to track the aircraft site. Although Black Hawk had a respondent to appear on the radar, ADS-B is much more accurate.
Last week, Senator Maria Kaneuel, D-WASH. The reason for the military flights allowed to fly with the cancellation of the Activation of ADS-B since 2018.
During the briefing on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said it started reviewing airports with large quantities of mixed helicopters and the movement of nearby aircraft after Cruz said he sought to review safety on this issue.
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However, in the aftermath of the accident, the Federal Aviation Administration imposed large restrictions on helicopters near Rigan National Airport In Arlington, Virginia, at least late February, closed two of the least used corridors.
When police, medical, or presidential helicopters have to use airspace, civil aircraft are not allowed to be in the same area, which are FAA's advice notes.
Reuters contributed to this report.
