A chopper wreck was pulled out of the Potomak River, which was active in the crash
– The altimeter malfunction in a military chopper may have caused a collision with a passenger plane close Washington, D.C., said the head of the National safety Council at the Jennifer Homendy Transport. As she added, the analysis of voice recordings and another data from the black box showed that the crew was reading conflicting heights. 67 people died in the disaster that occurred in late January.
Military chopper crew Black HawkWho collided with a passenger jet close Washington last period most likely had inaccurate flight data just before the crash - Reuters said.
– Preliminary analysis of voice recordings and another data from Black Box recovered from the crash site showed that the chopper pilot and his crew read aloud conflicting heights – told journalists on Friday Chairman of the National safety Council for Transport (NTSB) Jennifer Homendy.
As she added, any data on Black Hawk's flight parameters appeared to be incorrect investigators. - It's about conflicting information about the parameters of the flight height, so we do not print data for the full chopper way – noted Homendy.
A plane crash in the United States. The chopper may have had a broken altimeter.
NTSB's chief informed that Helicopter and passenger aircraft collided at 84.7 m. The chopper should not find at a tallness of more than 61 m. Additionally, pilots of a military chopper may not have full heard any of the radio messages air traffic controllers sent to them.
Homendy added that the crew of the American Airlines jet She saw a chopper about a second or 2 before the collision.. The pilots raised the plane's bow by about 9 degrees just before the collision, but it was a late action. – As expected, the NTSB investigation the disaster will take at least 1 year She added.
SEE: A plane crash in the United States. There's a fresh footage from the crash.
According to the U.S. national Aviation Administration (FAA), American Airlines passenger aircraft operating regional flights that took off from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a military chopper on approach to landing at the airport Ronald Reagan, Washington, and he fell into the Potomac River.
64 passengers died on board a cruise aircraft and Three-man Black Hawk chopper crew.
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