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Barga is expected to arrive in the DC area on Saturday to help rescue operations from Wednesday in a deadly plane of plane in the plane Regan National Airport (DCA) As questions remain how the Black Hawk military helicopter could collide with the American Airlines plane, killing 67 people.
A member of the National Transport Safety Committee (NTSB) Todd Inman said on Friday that barges would help with rescue operations to ensure that the remaining victims of recovery be being left. He said that the remains would immediately surrender to the DC medical examiner for identification and then returned to his families.
At least 40 bodies were withdrawn from the Potomac River on Friday. Both black boxes are recovered.
NTSB investigators examine a so-called black box recovered from an American Airlines plane, which collapsed with a Black Hawk helicopter in the US Army near Washington, DC, on Thursday, January 30, 2024. (NTSB)
The new New York post report suggests that Black Hawk flew almost twice as much as it should be and that the helicopter was not equipped with a new technology that would warn air traffic control on its dangerous departure. In the meantime, the preliminary report showed that the level of staff at the time of the collision was not “normal during the day of the day and the amount of traffic”.
The black helicopter flew more than 300 meters above the Potomac River at a time of deadly breakup, although air guidelines require helicopters on that route to stay below 200 feet, the socket reports.
The news would confirm the opinion of President Donald Trump for a military aircraft to travel too high.
“Black Hawk helicopter flew too high.” It’s not really too complicated to understand, right ??? “
Trump on Thursday signed an executive command that requires a direct assessment of air security.
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Senator Ted CruzR-Texas, chaired by the Senate Committee on Trade, Science and Transportation, which supervises the airline industry, said he was introduced to the National Transport Safety Committee (NTSB) and described in detail the order of events that resulted in a deadly conflict on Wednesday.
“Flight 5342 was initially supposed to land on the runway 1 to Reagan, but was diverted to the runway 33,” he wrote to X. “Meanwhile, the helicopter traveled with a route 1 before being transferred to Ruta 4.”
“We know that air traffic control with a helicopter crew confirmed that they had visual contact with the plane. The controllers then sent a helicopter to move behind the plane,” he added. “However, instead of adherence, the helicopter moved in front of the aircraft. The two aircraft collided in the middle of the air, resulting in a catastrophic explosion.”
In the episode of the “verdict”, Cruz said that the collision may have been avoided if the army equipped Black Hawk with automatic dependent supervision, relatively new technology that allows air traffic controls to see the aircraft height.
“The Black Hawk helicopter had a transponder so he appeared on the radar. He did not have a technology called ADS-B, which is a technology that marshes the place of the aircraft, and does so using GPS, not a radar,” he said. “ADS-B is more precise and more reliable than a simply transponder that pings on the radar.”
The general view of the control tower at the National Airport of Reagan, on Friday, January 31, 2025, the flights continued from the tragic collision on Wednesday night, where the American Airlines jet collided with the Black Hawk helicopter. (Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)
Air traffic controller went early from work before collision: Report
Meanwhile, FAA’s preliminary report showed that one air traffic controller was monitored by aircraft and helicopters at the time of the devastating collision.
The level of staff at the time of the collision was “normal during the day of the day and the amount of traffic,” reports the New York Times, citing a report. In addition, the tower supervisor allegedly released another Air Transport Controller leaves the job early Wednesday night. The Federal Airline Air Force (FAA) calls for one controller to monitor the plane, while the other monitors the helicopters.
The Times report states that the airport tower was almost third below the target staff level, with 19 completely certified controllers from September 2023, citing the latest workforce plan for the air traffic controller, the annual report of the congress containing targeted and real levels of staff staff.
The goals set by FAA and the controller union requires 30.
Five current and former controllers have said at the exit that the controller in the tower should be more proactively directing the helicopter and the plane to fly from each other. Instead, the controller asked the helicopter to drive from the plane.
The second report of the New York Times suggests that more than 90% of 313 air traffic control plants operate below the level of staff recommended by the FAA.
Photos of some victims after a collision of American Airlines Jet -Ii American helicopter Black Hawk (Getty Images)
The New York Times reported that since January 285 objects was below the level set by the FAA and Union representing the controllers. At least 73 facilities are missing at least a quarter of a workforce.
Army He appointed other soldiers killed in a collision. They were identified as the main finder 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, from Great Mills, Maryland and Staff SGT. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, from Lilburn, Georgia.
Family of the Third Solider Killed on Wednesday Deadly clash Near the National Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington, asks their identity not to be publicly released, the army said on Friday.
The convicted American Airlines aircraft carried more than a dozen people who were returning from the training camp after the US Skating Championship at 2025. At Wichiti in Kansas, where the flight originated. These victims included Spencer Lane and Jinna Han, Both 16 years, who promised skaters at the Boston Club in Norwood, Massachusetts, as well as Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov who together won the 1994 World Cup in pairs.
The Wichite Airlines Flight, Kansas, collided in Midair with a military helicopter as he approached the National Airport by Ronald Reagan. According to reports, there were no survivors of 67 people on the aircraft among the aircraft. (Tasos Cathopodis/Getty Images)
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Meanwhile, the Federal Air Force Administration will limit the traffic of a helicopter around DCA, in force on Friday.
The decision was made with the support of Trump and consulting with the Minister of Defense of Pete Hegsetha, according to Sean Duffy from the post O X from the Transport Department (DOT).
“Today’s decision will immediately help to secure the airspace near the Reagan Airport, ensuring the safety of aircraft traffic and helicopter,” Duffy wrote.
The limited area includes the Memorial Bridge to the South Capitol Street Bridge, excluding the tide pool, Haines points to Wilson Bridge and over the top of the DCA.
