DC plane crash: What do we know about victims and an investigation in progress | Airline news
All 67 people on board Flight American Airlines And the Black Hawk helicopter who collided in Midar as the plane landed at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, DC, they are dead, according to officials.
This is the deadliest air tragedy in the United States of November 12, 2001, when the American Airlines plane crashed into a living space of the port of Belle, New York, shortly after taking off from John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, killing 260 passengers on board and Five people on the field.
Here’s what we know about victims Wednesday collisions, what happened and what initial investigations suggest to contribute to the accident.
How did the plane crash break up?
Flight 5342, managed by American Eagle, a regional American Airlines branch, flew from Wichita in Kansas to the airport just outside Washington, DC. As Ronald Reagan Airport approached, around 9 pm, on Wednesday (02:00 GMT on Thursday), the aircraft collided with the Sikorsky Black Hawk army helicopter.
Immediately before landing, the pilots of the plane were asked to change the runways. While the plane was supposed to land on the main runway 1, the plane was asked to turn to the runway 33, which is much shorter. Flight monitoring cards showed that the pilots accepted this request and adjusted the plane.
Less than 30 seconds before the collision, the air traffic controller asked the military helicopter if he could see the plane.
“Pat25 [army helicopter]Do you have a crj [American Airlines plane] In sight? Pat25, go behind CRJ, “the air traffic controller said at 20:47.
Shortly later, air traffic controllers could be heard in which it is said, “Like, collide, collision, this is a warning three.”
Two aircraft demolished to the Potomac River. The cause of the collision is not yet known.
Was there survivors?
The Airlines Amerlines flight carried 60 passengers and four crew members, while Black Hawk had three US army soldiers on board.
“We are now at the place where we are moving from rescue operations to recovery surgery. At the moment, we do not believe that there are survivors of this accident,” Washington, DC, Don Chief John Donnelly said on Thursday.
How many bodies are recovered?
Donnelly added that the bodies of 27 people were recovered from the plane, while one body was recovered from a helicopter. Separately, the source for the implementation of the law told CBS News that at least 40 bodies were recovered.
What do we know about the investigation so far?
The National Transport Safety Committee (NTSB) conducts an investigation “All hands on the deck” of the collision, said President Jennifer Homendy during a press conference on Thursday.
NTSB is an independent federal agency that explores civil aviation accidents in the US, as well as serious incidents relating to other transportation methods.
NTSB announced on Friday that Found black boxes from the plane. Black frames record flight information, pilot conversations and radio communications during flights. These recorders provide significant information in an aircraft incident research as they can detect pilot actions or external factors that could contribute to accidents.
“Recorders are in the NTSB laboratories for assessment,” the post in the post on X.
Although an early stage investigation, more American media, including New York Times and NBC News, quoted unnamed sources, saying that there is a lack of air traffic controllers at the Reagan Airport on Wednesday night.
Although there is usually one air traffic controller for aircraft and the other for helicopters, the same person treated planes and helicopters on Wednesday night.
For the investigation, NTSB will form working groups to consider different areas related to the accident, according to a member of the NTSB Committee Todd Inman.
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Inman explained that these groups would include: operations, duties of members of the investigative crew and flight history; Power Systems, watching aircraft engines; Structures, documenting the scene of the accident and the air frame wreck; Survival factors, studying injuries sustained; systems, looking into electric, hydraulic and pneumatic plane and helicopter components; and air traffic control group.
The NTSB did not say how long the investigation would last, but aircraft investigations can last one to two years. The Agency usually publishes a preliminary report several weeks after the accident containing information collected at the scene.
Who were the victims of the plane collision?
There are little more known about three soldiers on a helicopter.
On the American Airlines flight, 14 people were related to the Sliding Community in the Figure and returned home from the national development of the Skating Camp for Young Skates in Wichiti, said the Doug Zeghiba skating director.
They included a Russian married couple, as well as two teen skates and their mother.
Here’s more about victims:
Samuel Lilley
Lilley, 28, was one of the pilots of American Airlines killed in the incident, Lilley’s father, Timothy Lilley, confirmed in a Facebook post and commented on the media.
Timothy Lilley wrote that his son was “great” in his career and personal life and should be married this year.
“It hurts so much now that I can’t even cry to sleep. I know I’ll see him again, but my heart breaks down,” he wrote in the post.
Jonathan Campos
Captain Campos, 34, was also killed, according to a colleague of pilot, CNN reported.
His Alma Mater, Aeronautical University, based in Florida, announced a statement stating that the Institute was “deeply sad when he learned about the transition of captain Jonathan Campos”.
The statement added that Campos graduated in aeronautical sciences in 2015.
I Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova
Married Russian couple – Naumov, 55, and Shishkova, 52 – were skating coaches in the figure. Naumov and Shishkova won the 1994 World Cup World Cup.
The couple moved to the US in the 1990s and became skating coaches.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Thursday that the couple was on the flight. “We are sorry and send condolences to families and friends who lost those fellow citizens who died in a plane crash,” he said.
They were survived by their son Maxim Naumov, 23, who earned fourth place at the US Wichiti National Championship on Sunday. The maximum Naumov, who was born in the United States, was not on the flight.
Jinna and Jin Han
The Boston Skating Club also said that Jinna Han and her mother Jin Han were also killed in the collision.
“We watched Jinna just grow up here from just a little little tike in this incredibly mature 13 -year -old,” Zeghiba said.
Spencer and Christine Lane
Skating club said Spencer Lane (16) and his mother Christine Lane, 49, were also killed.
The character of the Barrington slider, Rhode Iceland, would often post his trip to skating on his social networks accounts, including Tikict.
On Wednesday, a few hours before the collision, he posted a photo on his Instagram story from the plane just before he took off with Wichite.
Spencer Lane adopted from South Korea in 2008, Christine and Doug Lane, his father told US media Newsnation.
Doug Lane said his son was a “power of nature”, which started skating three years ago. “It’s just devastating,” he said.
Alexandr Kirsanov, Sean Kay and Angela Yang
Delware skating coach, Kirsanov, 46, was also killed, his wife Natalya Gudin told ABC News.
Gudin said Kirsanov was following two young skates on the way. She said she talked to her husband for the last time he boarded the flight.
Kirsanov was the coach of the young skating duet, Kay and Yang, who were also on the flight. Their age is currently unclear.
Olivia ter
Ter, 12, was a figure of a slider from Maryland and was also on the plane, according to a statement by Maryland-Nanional Capital Park and Planning Commission.
Ian Epstein
Epstein, 53, was an American airplane, who also died in a collision, confirmed Epstein’s sister Robbie Bloom CNN.
Flight students survive two children and two stepmother.
Asra Hussain Raz
Hussain Raza, 26, also died in an accident, her mother -in -law told CNN.
Hussain was the daughter of Indian immigrants and was an advisor based in Washington, DC. She would travel to Wichit twice a month to work on a project for a hospital there.
Identified other victims
Other victims identified by local media so far include Wendy Jo Shaffer, Brielle Beyer, Justyna Beyer, Grace Maxwell and Casey Crafton.
