DC Crass Air Control Audio Audio reveals that the controllers of the moment saw the disaster: “Tower did he see that?”
Air Transport Air Transport (ATC) from the collision on Wednesday between the Black Hawk Army helicopter and the American Airlines aircraft reveals moments before and after the controllers were witnessing that the disaster was taking place.
Two aircraft collided at the National Airport of Reagan in Arlington, VirginiaAbout 9pm with 60 passengers and four crew members on the passenger ship, while three soldiers were in a helicopter. On the Potomac River is a huge recovery surgery.
A air traffic control sound can be heard by a controller that directs the US Flight 5342 Air Force Company to take the runway 33.
Air Transport Air Transport (ATC) from the collision on Wednesday between the Black Hawk Army helicopter and American Airlines’ aircraft reveals moments before and after the controllers witnessed that the disaster was taking place. (Earth)
AA Pilot confirms that it can take the runway 33 and it is clear that the aircraft, the regional PSA Airlines bombardier Crj700, called “Crj”, land.
The controller then indicates a helicopter, the UH-60 army helicopter Sikorsky UH-60, which is called “PAT25” to pass behind the aircraft.
“Pat25, do you have a crj in sight? Pat 25 goes behind Crj -a,” the controller says.
The ATC audio Feeda does not hear the answer. Fox News learned that the helicopter reacted, but at another frequency, a helicopter frequency.
About 40 seconds later, ground traffic control warned the tower.
American Airlines Flight 5342 to take the runway 33. (Fox News)
“The tower did he see that?”
“Yes, we saw it,” says someone from the tower, and then the controllers begin the process of frantic flight diverting.
“Everyone is currently holding your field positions,” says the female controller.
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“Fire command. The accident happened in Rijeka. Both the helicopter and the plane crashed in Rijeka … He approached the runway 33,” she says.
“All the runways are closed. Nobody is landing, no one is moving at all,” she says to the fire, adding that she has the approval for the use of all taxi drivers and runways to answer.
“He was probably in the middle of Rijeka, says the controller.” I just saw a fiery ball and then it was just gone. I haven’t seen anything since they hit the river. But it was a CRJ and a hit helicopter, I would say about half a mile from access to 33, “she says.
At the time of the collision, Reagan National Airport They reported on the clear sky, the visibility of 10 miles and the winds held from the northwest to 16 mph, breaking into 26 mph. The temperature at the time was 50 degrees.
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Army Fox News Digital said that the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, who transported three soldiers, was “from Bravo Company, 12th Airline Battalion, outside the Davison Army Airport, Fort Belvoir” and led the “training flight”.
Russian and American skaters were On the ship of the AMERICAN AIRLINES flight.
The boat operates on stage in Rijeka Potomac near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, on Thursday, January 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (Alex Brandon/AP)
The collision marked the first time that a collision had occurred, which included American commercial flight since 2009.
Colgan Air Flight 3407, a flight from Newarko, New Jersey, Buffalo, New York, stopped and collapsed during a landing near Buffalo Niagara Airport, February 12, 2009.
Fox News’ Greg Wehner and Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report.
