The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday suggested the closure of a helicopter course near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when a few of its paths remain in usage following January’s midair accident that eliminated lots of individuals when an airplane hit an Army Black Hawk helicopter.
NTSB Board Chair Jennifer Homendy called the place of helicopter Route 4 and the last strategy course to DCA path 33 “an intolerable risk to aviation safety by increasing the chance of a midair collision.”
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NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy offers an upgrade Tuesday on the examination right into the fatal midair D.C. aircraft accident that took place onJan 29, 2025, over the Potomac River. (Fox News/Pool)
Homendy stated that presently helicopters and aircrafts can be as close as 75 feet apart throughout touchdown. Between October 2021 and December 2024, 15,214 circumstances of aircrafts obtaining informs concerning helicopters close were recognized, detectives stated.
On Jan 29, American Airlines Flight 5342, bring 60 guests and 4 staff participants, was coming close to Reagan Airport from Wichita, Kansas, as an Army Black Hawk helicopter with 3 bear up board was exercising emergency situation emptying paths. The airplane clashed over the Potomac River, eliminating everybody aboard.
In its suggestions, the NTSB stated it recognized dangers of midair accidents in between helicopters and aircraft website traffic making use of paths 15 and 33 at the airport terminal.
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Wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport onJan 30, 2025. The National Transportation Safety Board has actually suggested the closure of a helicopter course near the airport terminal when among its paths remains in usage. (Petty Officer first Class Brandon Giles/ UNITED STATE Coast Guard using AP)
The company suggested that helicopter procedures be restricted on Route 4 in between Hains Point and Wilson Bridge when paths 15 and 33 remain in usage and to assign a different helicopter course when Route 4 is shut.
The Black Hawk might have had incorrect elevation analyses in the minutes prior to the accident, detectives stated.
The accident most likely took place at an elevation of almost 300 feet as the aircraft came down towards the helicopter, which was well over its 200-foot limitation for that place, the Associated Press reported.
An FBI representative lugs particles the day after American Eagle Flight 5342 hit a Black Hawk helicopter and collapsed right into the Potomac River on the evening ofJan 29, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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The Army has stated the Black Hawk staff was extremely seasoned and familiar with the congested skies around the country’s funding.
