But three days of searching hearing Deadly midar collision Washington began on Wednesday in January, stating the cause of an accident between an passenger aircraft and an army helicopter that the goal was to reveal the new insight. Wichita, American Airlines flight from Kansas, collided with one Black Hawk Helicopter On January 29, Ronald Reagan coming to the National Airport for landing, killing everyone 67 people Riding on both aircraft.
The National Transportation Safety Board opened a hearing in Washington, plans to question witnesses and investigators how the federal aviation administration and its air traffic controllers and army works could have contributed to the country’s most deadly plane crash since November 2001. This is likely to identify the cause of the accident for the board.
“This hearing is an important part of our ongoing investigation,” NTSB President Jennifer Homendi said in his initial remarks. Addressing the family members of some crash victims attending the hearing, he said, “Please know that we are working diligently to ensure what we know what happened, how it happened, and to prevent it from reworning.”
The NTSB chief investigator began by presenting an 11 -minute animation, with the incidents that went up to the conflict. Finally, it included the newly released surveillance video, which was explained about the route of American Airlines 5342 with a clear view of the Black Hawk Hawk helicopter, followed by the Midyar effect. Before playing the video, the families attending the hearing were allowed to get out of the room.
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The aircraft’s cockpit voice recorder showed that before about 20 seconds from the collision, pilots received a audio warning on “traffic” from the traffic alert and the collision system (TCAS), but they were not giving a resolution advice to take action. Just one to two seconds before the collision, there is a click sound and one of the pilots, “oh,” is an explain. From another document issued in the investigation, it appears that the pilots pulled back to the gambling to try to avoid the collision.
Tim Lily, whose son was the first officer of the aircraft, told CBS News that he hoped that the hearing would help him learn more about those last moments.
“I know that my son saw the helicopter a second before the effect, and he tried hard to avoid it,” Lily said. “Sam was a good pilot, and he was trying to fly that aircraft in every way, all the way down.”
The cockpit voice recorder transcript also shows that as the pilots approached for landing, they had a scene on runway 1 when air traffic controllers asked them to take them instead of runway 33. The pilots discussed this among themselves, with one, “I don’t really want, but I think …” said, “It’s fine,” adding, “Add,” Tell us that we are fine we will do three-three, we will do it. “
The collision, which sent the debris in the Potomac River, was the first in a string of accidents and near Leave it This year in which the authorities and the people traveling are concerned, which is still the safest form of transport despite the data that takes place.
The investigation has already shown that FAA has failed to recognize a disturbed history of 85 with Mrs. Mrs. Around Reagan Airport In the years before the collision, and that Army helicopter Regularly closed with a major piece of devices flying around the country’s capital, known as Ads-B.
Many sources told CBS News In February, the top officials at the FAA pushed one of the three runs at Reagan Airport in the last summer to shut down, which was still after two close calls between the airlines on the ground.
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Aviation Attorney Bob Clifford, who is working to record one of the first cases against the government next month, said he hopes that NTSB would look beyond immediate factors, highlighting the accident in the crowded Washington airspace.
“In this special example, there is a very broader picture. And these are known problems that were being ignored about an unsafe environment for commercial aircraft to navigate with military aviation helicopters in the region,” said Clifford.
Legislation for the need for advanced technology
Even though the final NTSB report will not be released by next year, the Sen is not waiting to propose a change in Ted Cruise. He introduced the law on Tuesday, in which all aircraft operators would need to use both forms of Ads-B, or automated dependent monitoring broadcasts, technology to transmit aircraft location data for other aircraft and air traffic controllers. Most aircraft are equipped with Ads-B out equipment today, but the airlines will have to add more wide Ads-B into technology in their aircraft.
“A dual standard in aviation safety may not be,” Cruz said. “We should not tolerate special exceptions for military training flights, working in crowded air space.”
The law will cancel the exemption on ADS-B transmission requests for the Defense Department. FAA will also be required to evaluate this Helicopter route The Inspector General of Army is required to review the airports and the army’s aviation security practices near the airports.
Homendi said that his agency has been recommending that step for decades after several other accidents.
“In 2008, we sent a letter to the FAA stating that the board tells that the capacity would provide the aircraft with ADS-B-and I want to emphasize it-an immediate and adequate contribution to security, especially during the operations of airports and surrounding operations,” he said.
Transport Secretary Sean Dafi said that when he wants to discuss “some tweex”, the law is “the right approach”. He also suggested that the previous administration was “sleeping on the wheel” between dozens of near-Mis in the airspace around Washington’s airspace.
“In the past, people became gentle – the leaders became self -conscious,” Dafi said.
A “fact-khoj action”
Homendi said that in the next few days hearing would be a “fact-and action”. In addition, there is also NTSB Entry Evidence of thousands of pages online from accident investigation.
FAA Administrator Brian Bedford said he hopes “We are going to have some very uncomfortable conversations in the next two and a half days” but that “they should be in the clear light of the day – and just put the best interest of the people traveling ahead of our personal interests, perhaps.”
The hearing in Washington includes members, investigators and witnesses for organizations involved in the accident. Panels will focus on military helicopter routes in the Washington region, collision prevention technology and training for air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan National Airport with other subjects.
Federal officials have also expressed concern over the old and sensible air traffic control system of the country. During the January Midare accident over Washington, a controller was handing over both the commercial airline and helicopter traffic at the busy airport.
Dafi has announced a multivilian-dollar plan to use system controllers that depend on the older technology such as the floppy disk.
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