Just one week after a collision nearby Reagan National AirportThe Federal Air Force Security Committee and the National Transport Committee are planning in short senators.
The collision of a medium means between the Sikorsky UH-60 Black hawk helicopter ia Bombardier CRJ700 Airliner has been confirmed by 67 people.
From the collision, FAA has imposed strict limitations on flights of helicopters near the airport by the end of February, except for the police and medical transportationair defense and presidential air transport.
The barge wearing crane moves the parts of the wreck from the Potomac River after the collision of the US Flight 5342 and the Black Hawk helicopter, which crashed into Rijeka, by the National Airport Ronald Reagan Washington, Arlington, Virginia, USA, February 5, 2025. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
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They also published a notice that limits civilian aircraft from flights in the area when helicopters were present until March 31.
The aircraft data recorder indicated that the helicopter hit him on 325 feet on Wednesday night, and that before the impact had a change on the aircraft field, according to preliminary information published on Saturday.
“Currently Crj (plane) based on data recorder at the time of impact was 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet,” ” National transportation Todd Inman said a member of the Security Committee (NTSB) at Saturday’s press conference. “And for those who follow it carefully, it is a corrected height.”
People stand by the Potomac River, after attending candles for the victims of the collision between the American Flight Eagle 5342 and the Black Hawk helicopter, which crashed into a river near National Airport by Ronald Reagan Washington, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, February 5 2025. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
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“I can tell you that at one point, very close to the impact, there was a small change in the course, an increase in tone,” he added later, when asked if the plane had retreated.
Barge -wearing a crane is transporting parts of the Potomac River as they cross the helicopter involved in the collision, after the U.S. Flight 5342 collision and the Black Hawk helicopter, which crashed into the river, from Ronald National Airport by Reagan Washington, in Arlington, Virginia, USA, USA 5th February 2025. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
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Although air traffic control data had a 200 -foot aircraft height, Inman said that “they did not finish it and that more precision needed”, and that the Recorder data were also needed to answer the obvious 100 – TRI DIFFERENCE IN height.
Fox News Digital’s Andrea Margolis and Rick Eggleston contributed to this report.
