A helicopter wreck was drawn from the Potomac River and took part in the disaster
– The altimeter failure in a military helicopter could be the cause of a collision with a passenger plane near Washington – said the head of the National Security Council in Jennifer Homenda’s transport. She added that analysis of audio recordings and other data from the black box showed that the crew read the inconsistent heights. At the end of January, 67 people died in the disaster.
“The crew of the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet in Washington last month had inaccurate flight data probably just before the disaster,” Reuters said.
– Initial analysis of audio recordings and other data from a black box recovering from the disaster showed that the helicopter and its crew pilots read inconsistent heights aloud – Transportation National Security Council (NTSB) Chairman Jennifer Homendi told journalists Friday.
She added that some data on Black Hawka flight parameters appear to be incorrect. “It’s about conflicting information about flight height parameters, so we don’t publish data on the entire helicopter route,” Homedy noted.
Air disaster in the US. Helicopters may have broken altimeters
The head of the NTSB informed that a helicopter collision with the passenger aircraft had occurred on altitude aviation.
Hosenda added that the crew of the American Airlines jet saw the helicopter about a second or two before the collision. The pilot raised the aircraft’s beak about nine degrees just before the collision, but was delayed. “As expected, the NTSB investigation of the disaster will last at least a year,” she added.
See: US Aircraft Disasters. There are new recordings from the moment of collision
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a US Airlines passenger aircraft serving local flights that began in Wichita, Kansas, landed at Washington’s Ronald Reagan Airport and collided with a military helicopter when it fell on the Potomac River. I did.
64 passengers on a cruise aircraft and the crew of three Black Hawk member helicopters were killed.
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