What are Black Hawk helicopters and how are they used? What to know after D.C. plane crash
The military helicopter, which collided with a regional plane near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport in an accident, was killed by all 67 people on both UH-60 Black Hawk. considerationERED “vertebral column” Army aircraft.
The helicopter is a “Tactical Transfer” aircraft – It is used in everything from the air attacks to relief operations – which the army says has relied on every major operation around the world for more than four decades.
Timothy said a. Laranger, a former aircraft lawyer and aircraft mechanic, said the plane that was first offered in the army in 1979, is generally considered safe and has a busy record of reliability and the ability to stay in fighting and transportation tasks.
Sikorsky, a subsidiary of Lockheed-Martin giant space and defense, He says I have been built More than 5,000 helicopters for 36 countries.
The army said it expected the plane to be a major part of its fleet over the next three decades.
The army said that the Black Hawk, which collided with the American Eagle Flight 5342, was from Bravo, and the twelfth aviation battalion, from the Davuson Army Airport in Fort Belfar, Virginia, and was on a training mission.
Military officials described The three soldiers on the plane as a very experienced group included a trained pilot with more than 1000 hours flight.
Officials said the training mission was a routine annual evaluation of the pilot’s ability to fly at night. The officials said the crew was aware of the path well and the rules in the airport around the airport.
The reason for the collision is still unclear and is being investigated by the National Transport Safety Council.
Talk to msnbcThe retired Lieutenant, Colonel Darren Job, said Video of a collision It seems that the helicopter does not seem to change the path, speed, or height before collapse, indicating that the crew may not know that the passenger plane was on its way.
He added that the task of training has fewer crew heads of usual to wipe the sky to obtain potential risks. While such tasks usually have three operations, Wednesday had one.
“This is a fact,” he said. “It may have an effect in the future. It may not be. But it reduces the crew’s ability to determine a plane while flying at night.”
Nearly two years ago, a Black Hawk helicopter from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, I collided during a training exerciseAll nine soldiers were killed on board.
This accident and a second killer collision included a Apache helicopter in Alaska The army pushed all the flying Except for flights in critical tasks.
Army Chief of Staff James McCaconville said that standing is necessary to ensure that the army is doing everything possible to prevent accidents.
A review of the deadly incidents that involve black helicopters hook Posted by Military.com After colliding with Kentucky, 60 people died in training accidents during the previous decade.
The review concluded that although this number may seem high, Black Hawks represents the lowest number of deadly accidents for hours that were transferred in the army fleet and participated in much lower killer accidents than other helicopters, including the AH-64 APache and CH -47 Xinoc.
