Military Blackhawk Helicopter Passenger plane crashed It appears to be flying on the altitude of publicly available flight data analyzed at the CBS News Show near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.
This data point is one of many major mysteries. The investigator is trying to explain the cause. The worst aviation disaster of the state Aviation experts have said for more than 10 years.
In an interview with CBS NEWS, Greg Feith, a former aviation safety investigator of National Transportation Safety Board, said, “This is a question to answer $ 66 million.
Allowed flight ceiling There are 200 feet in the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport. This is a stable commercial aircraft traffic with a heavy flow of military helicopters, which should be safely avoiding both inside and outside the country.
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According to the data from FlightRadar24, which tracks and records Korean aircraft data on most flights across the United States, the last estimated altitude of the helicopter is about 400 feet when it crashed. According to the data of Flightaware and Flightradar24, the altitude of the jet was about 375 to 400 feet.
“They are a military pilot and are familiar with the route,” FEITH said. “Why on this day, in that flight, was they 150 to 200 feet higher than they knew?”
Stephen B. Wallace, director of the Federal Aviation Administration, believes that the investigator will pay attention to Blackhawk’s altitude for CBS News.
Wallis said, “I don’t want to guess the cause, but I can guess what is being experienced by the investigator.” “I think that will be a focus.”
PETE HEGSETH Secretary of Defense said in a survey that he was investigating whether the aircraft was in the right altitude at the time. NTSB investigators did not disclose the helicopter’s altitude in the briefing, and their working groups said they would evaluate “before shock and altitude.”
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The Army Helicopter’s deviation on the flight ceiling is one of some similar conflicts related to the helicopter of Reagan National and dates back for more than 10 years.
According to the CBS news data team review of NASA’s anonymous report on aviation safety reports, the air collision between airplanes and helicopters in July 2015 was 400 feet away from the same runway used in Wednesday crash. system.
According to a pilot’s report, the aircraft said, “It was very close to other aircraft.”
“This occurred at about 400 feet on the ground until the pilot monitoring was required to correct the pilot monitoring so that the pilot monitoring was not ais collision,” the 2015 report said.
Two years ago, in May 2013, the pilot reported that there was a problem with the helicopter, and the 33 -year -old was shorter while turning to land on the runway. It is a short runway for small aircraft, such as American Airlines 5342. During the approach, at the “floor” or the lowest altitude, it is necessary to stop the maximum distance to start the runway.
“When we approached, the tower ordered the helicopter to make the right 360 in 360 jets in the two -mile final.
“Tower asked the helicopter if he saw us. He replied,” Yes, “and the tower told him to keep him visual separation.” “When we started the turn in the basics, the helicopter made a turn directly into the flight path.”
The pilot reported that it should stop the approach to run difficult right turns and avoid collisions. “I’m on the left side of the aircraft, so I’m not sure how close to the helicopter, but I think it’s only hundreds of feet,” the report said.
The CBS NEWS review of NASA safety data has been confirmed since 2005, including three intermediate air collisions, including nine more helicopters near the intermediate air collision at the airport.
FEITH confirmed that NTSB and military investigators checked the helicopter’s altimeter and malfunctioned, confirmed the wind impact that could interfere with the ability to hold the pilot’s helicopter in 200 feet, and the crew had used night view goggles. Will.
He said it would help to determine what the flight recorder of the two aircraft happened. The authorities reported that it was recovered from the photo river on Thursday.
“If you run at 200 feet, there would have been no problem because the plane was generally 400 ~ 500 feet away.” “These two RJs did not know what they had hit until the helicopter hit them.”
