IN National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSB) On Tuesday, he said that the military helicopter Black Hawk, who crashed into the Airlines Crj700 PSA Airline on January 29, killed 67, flew too high.
Traffic Flying data obtained by NTSB confirms that Black Hawk was 300 feet on the air traffic control screen at a time the fall of MidaraThe 100 feet higher than the 200 feet ceiling for helicopters flying in the national capital region.
Because the data is rounded to the nearest 100 feet, officials need additional information to check data from Black Hawka.
This will require the recovery of the aircraft from the water, which will happen later this week.
Investigators searched the Black Hawk wreckage for combined FDR and CVR. (NTSB)
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Preliminary information has shown that there has been a change in the aircraft field, indicating that the plane was withdrawn before the collision.
NTSB investigators continue to rewrite voice disco in a pilot cab for both aircraft. Works on synchronization for the Black Hawk data recorder and the vote record holder in the pilot cabin are ongoing.
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The passenger aircraft wreck is still recovering from the Potomac River, with New finding Including the right wing, the central hull, part of the left wing and the left hull, the significant parts of the cabin and the cocpite forward, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, tail cone, helm, elevators, TCAS computer and a recorder of a quick approach.
IN recovered wreck It will be moved to a safe place for the examination of the wreck.
The police boat patrols with water and preserves the crime scene after the American Airlines’s plane collided with a medium -sized military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, DC of the United States, January 30, 2025. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“The aircraft group still reviews the CRJ700 maintenance paperwork, and the Helicopter Group Air Worthyness is still reviewing maintenance records for Black Hawk,” the NTSB states.
From Tuesday, the bodies of all 67 identified victims were pulled from Rijeka.
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Fox News Digital’s Andrea Margolis and Rick Eggleston contributed to this story.
