Washington DC plane crash live: flight data and cockpit voice recorders recovered, officials say | Washington DC plane crash
Main events
The main runway in Reagan National is the most crowded in the United States, where there are more than 800 take -off per day and down.
Records showed that the National Transport Safety Council in nine accidents or accidents at the airport this century, including two millions.
Air traffic monitoring records seem to capture final connections with the helicopter, and the Pat25 brand calls, before you collide with the plane.
“Pat25, do you have CRJ on the horizon? Pat25, pass behind CRJ,” says air traffic controller at 8:47 pm Easter (0147 GMT) on Wednesday, according to registration on Liveatc.net, Reuters News said.
After seconds, another plane calls to monitor air traffic, saying, “Tower, have you seen that?” – It seems that it indicates the accident.
Then the aircraft air traffic control unit re -directs the 33 runway to wrap.
“I have just seen a ball and then he just went.” An observer of the Air Movement says: “I have not seen anything since they hit the river.”
The web camera from the accident showed a collision and an explosion shining in the night sky.
The army helicopter may have deviated from the approved flight path before it collided with a US aircraft over the Botomac River, The New York Times reported.
According to TimesDetails about The final site of the UH-60 Black Hawk Heavle Black has not been on its approved path and was flying above the ground. Since it passed the crowded airspace outside the country’s capital, according to four people who have seen this, but they were not allowed to speak publicly.
The guardian was not able to verify the report immediately and verify independently.
The airspace around Washington, DC, is crowded and complex – a complex flight expertAssociated Press reports.
Those concerns were achieved on Wednesday night when an American lines plane collided with a military helicopter, and took the lives of 67 people, including three soldiers and more than ten of the skiers.
Even in the peak flying circumstances, experts said that the airspace surrounding Reagan Washington National Airport can challenge the most experienced pilots, who must move in hundreds of other commercial aircraft, military aircraft and registered areas around sensitive sites.
“This was a disaster awaiting its occurrenceRoss Emeer, retired United Airo leader and CEO of Aero Consulting Experts, told the Associated Press.
“Those of us who have been present for a long time were screaming in a vacuum that something like this would happen because our systems extend to the extreme.”
How did this accident happen?
While we are waiting for answers from the investigation here, there is a visual guide to how this tragic event reveals:
Among the confirmed victims From a 64 -people Airways aircraft Run With a three -sold Black Hawk helicopter, young skiing championships were returning from the United States, along with their parents and coaches, and a flight host of North Carolina.
The ski club in Boston said statement On Thursday, Gina Han and Spencer Lin, with their parents, Jane Han, Christine Lynn, and coach Evjnia Shishkova and Vadim Nomov on the plane on Wednesday evening.
Citizens from Russia, China, the Philippines and Germany were on board.
What caused this tragic flight disaster is unknown yet, but the National Assembly investigators said they would get A preliminary report within 30 days.
Despite the lack of clarity, the newly opened US president, Donald Trump, accused his democratic ancestor, Joe Biden of reducing employment standards and indicated that the federal aviation administration diversity boost may weaken its capabilities.
Comments come as President Trump pushed back against what he described as “waking policies” of his predecessor.
When asked if the accident was caused by the use of diversity, he said: “It could have been.”
The Trump administration has not provided any evidence of support for these assurances, and there is no evidence that the efforts made to make the federal workforce more diverse have been at risk to air safety.
After the accident, Trump fell Executive order On the safety of aviation, which declined to diversity initiatives and repeated demands without evidence that these initiatives contributed to the deadly Wednesday collision.
Satellite pictures of previous recovery efforts
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A satellite image of runway 33 and collision recovery appears in the Botomac River after a Black Hawk helicopter hit the American Eagle 5342 flight, an American passenger plane, near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport, DC in Washington, the United States, January 30, 2025 . Photo: Maxar technologies/Reuters
Around 10 pm at Washington, DCAnd nearly 24 hours since the collision of an outdoor killer between a regional passenger plane and a black hook-sliced helicopter-a tragedy described as one of the worst airlines in the United States decades in decades.
There were 67 people on board, and there are no survivors.
The Washington Fire Department said that its submarines have searched for all areas that can be accessed and will inspect additional to determine the components of the aircraft on Friday.
Summary of the opening
Hello and welcome to the living Guardian to collide on Wednesday night between a regional passenger plane and a military helicopter near Reagan Airport in Washington, DC.
The flight data and audio recordings of the cockpit from the US Airways flight were recovered.
NTSB said earlier on Thursday that it was too early to determine the causes of the disaster and pledged to issue a preliminary report within 30 days.
Early audit focused on the Federal Aviation Administration report (FAA) on the accident that described the levels of employment in the DC Air Force “abnormal”, as it was reported that one of the observers dealt with both helicopters and aircraft.
But the Associated Press and CNN reported that the sources told them that this level of employment was, in fact, “natural” or “uncomfortable”. The Associated Press indicated that the Federal Aviation Administration has long struggled with a shortage of air traffic monitors and identified fatigue as a factor that could lead to errors.
Here is a summary of other developments:
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With 67 people on board the US Airways flight and the Black Hawk helicopter, the collision is called The “most aviation disaster” in the United States since 2001. At least 28 bodies of the Botomac River have been recovered with continuous recovery operations.
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A day before Mysore collided Wednesday night near Reagan Airport, It was on a different plane there to thwart its landing and take a second approach after the appearance of a helicopter near its flight pathWashington Post mentioned.
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The US military has witnessed an increase in very serious flight accidents during the past fiscal yearWith 15 flights and two ground accidents that led to the death of members of the service, or the destruction of aircraft, or more than 2.5 million dollars from the damage of the plane’s structure, the Associated Press reported,
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Donald Trump The members of his administration, without evidence, claimed that the efforts in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAAWith Trump specifically claiming that the Angolan armed forces were accused of being “very white”, and suggesting the efforts made to employ Americans with disabilities were irresponsible.
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Trump The executive order that recovers the diversity initiatives occurred To stop “wake up” policies in federal aviation.
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Choose the Trump administration to draw The relationship that is baseless between fatal initiatives and diversity initiatives at a press conference A wide condemnation of democratic politicians. They called “disgusting”, “Despicable” and “racist”, with the leader of the democratic minority Hakeem Jeffrols, saying that Trump was “blaming women and colored people for the crash of the deadly plane.”
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Up to 14 skills and coaches, including two 16 years old and two married women married to world champions, It was on a US Airways plane. Boston’s ski club said that Gina Han and Spencer Lin, both of whom are 16 years old, and Russian ice coaches and former world softest world Yivgenia Shishkova and Fadi Numov, who were a husband and wife, were on the trip.
