The army saw Spike in deadly aircraft accidents in the year before a disaster collapsed on the plane
A deadly collision between a flight of American Airlines and a military helicopter outside Washington, DCHe followed the highest flight rate of flight in more than a decade.
Military aviation They saw 17 class A accidents, accidents in which one killed or caused damage worth more than $ 2.5 million during the Fiscal year 2024. There were fifteen of them during the flight, and two were unhappy planes.
Nine flights and one aircraft incident in 2023 and four flights and four soils in 2022 followed.
“The FY24 will be a year to which military aviation is referred to in the hope of never repeating itself,” said the thunderous report of the army, published just before the deadly collision near the National Airport Reagan, which killed 67 people.
Third soldier in Black Hawk helicopter who participated in the DC Midair collision identified
Captain Rebecca M. Lobach of Durham in North Carolina was the third pilot identified in the Black Hawk collision last week. (Getty/US Army)
The fiscal year 2024 saw the highest class accidents and at 100,000 hours of flight since 2007. Nine soldiers and one civilian were killed in flight accidents, while one contractor died in an aircraft accident, the report said.
The unlucky 1.9 classes at 100,000 were almost four times higher than 2022, 0.5 per 100,000.
In the average year, military air accidents kill six crew members.
There were 66 AC class accidents, which means that aircraft incidents that caused a damage to over $ 60,000 or the staff were injured enough to miss the work.
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UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter involved in Washington, a fall in the DC area is not the most mixed force aircraft; It was included only in one of the main incidents of 2024, while nine such incidents included AH-64 Apaches.
Last week’s collision was a first -class accident and for the fiscal year 2025.
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter who participated in Washington, the accident in the DC area is not the most mixed army aircraft. (US Army-Cap. Adan Caesarez)
Navy had 11 Class A Air Force Air Force A in FY 2024 and Navy Corps had six. Five Marines were killed in the collision of the CH-53E Super Stumps last February. Air Forces, which has more aircraft than any other branch, had 20 class A accidents in the FY 2024.
The army attributed the “inefficient security culture” in the incidents.
His aviation review has requested more shooting and reviewing flight shots with superiors after finding that an average flight experience is 300 hours per Aviator since 2013. Although the crew experience was not quoted in every incident, the army considered it “a danger that must be considered.”
“Although it is understood by the concern for monitoring” Big Brother “, the primary goal of flight analysis is to improve safety, not punishment or carefully reflection of individual pilots,” said the Army Fighting Center.
Stinging a video from a military base shows a new angle of disaster in a collision in Mirair
This picture shows the wreckage of an aircraft colliding with a black hawk over the Potomac River. (Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)
After more than a dozen aircraft died in the first half of the fiscal year in 2023, the army conducted aviation in April 2023, temporarily took all regular missions and training for security issues.
However, the accidents continued. In April 2024, the army performed a safety “stand up” with training on new security protocols and procedures. After getting up, the class of class A, until the end of FY 2024, fell to 0.86 per 100,000 hours of flight.
Last week Nominized Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll Promised the senators that he would emphasize the “security culture” after a deadly collision, which he said was “it seems possible to prevent.”
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“There are appropriate time for risk and there are inappropriate times for risk,” he said. “I do not know the details of this one, but after doing so, if confirmed, and working with this committee to determine the facts, I think we may need to look at where it is appropriate for the risk of training and may not be near the airport like Reagan. “
Black Hawk, who wore three pilot army, conducted a “annual flight to training of expertise” when collided with a commercial regional aircraft from Wichita in Kansas, as it was on the origin to land in Reagan, said Defense Minister Hegsetth.
The army did not immediately respond to the commentary request.
