Black Hawk helicopter before the collision with a passenger plane, the Bombardier CRJ -700 could deviate from the approved route – revealed the New York Times. He wrote that the helicopter flew higher than he should, and the duty traffic controller performed work at that time, which is usually done by two people.
On Wednesday late in the evening, the Bombardier CRJ-700 passenger aircraft airlines, flying from the city of Wichita, Kansas, He collided with the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Just before the runway of the airport Ronald Reagan in Arlington near Washington.
There were 64 people on board the passenger aircraft, including four crew members. Three soldiers flew by helicopter. Everyone died by travelers with these machines, i.e. a total of 67 people.
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The helicopter could deviate from the route
The helicopter could deviate from the approved route before the disaster, “The New York Times said on Friday, citing four anonymous sources knowing the case. According to this diary, the military Black Hawk flew higher than he should before the collision with a passenger aircraft.
Details of the final location of the UH -60 Black Hawk helicopter showed that it was not on the approved route and flew higher above the ground, crossing a busy airspace near the United States capital – wrote “NYT”, citing his own sources.
The report of the Federal US Aviation Administration, as the New York Times said, shows that the controller, who managed the movement of helicopters at the airport on Wednesday evening, also issued commanding and landing instructions. These tasks usually perform two different controllers.
According to the person informed about the work schedule at the Arlington airport, which was not authorized to speak in public, the traffic controller combined these obligations before 21:30 and allowed one of the dispatchers to leave, “the New York Times wrote.
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