According to the authorities, all 67 passengers of the two machines died in a plane crash in the American capital Washington. “At the moment we don’t believe that there are survivors,” said fire brigade commander John Donnelly. The rescue operation will now continue.
Until now, 27 passengers from the plane and a person from the helicopter have been found dead. You will continue to work to find all bodies, Donnelly said.
Near the Ronald Reagan Airport (DCA) in Washington, a passenger machine with 64 people collided on Wednesday evening with an American military helicopter. How the collision came about is still unclear. Both machines dived into the water. There were three prisoners in the military helicopter, as American media reported. Boats and divers searched for survivors in the ice cold water at night.
The airport should open again today
The airport still has to open today. “It’s safe,” said Jack Potter of the Airport Authority of the Washington Metropolitan Region. The rescue work that would be carried out on the site would take place in the water. That is why air traffic is resumed at 11 a.m. in the morning (local time).
According to the US Department of Defense, the helicopter was on a practice flight. It is open why the military aircraft has entered the passenger machine route, said Robert Isom, the head of the airline of the airline.
According to official information, there were no deviations before the collision. “Everything was normal before the crash,” said the American Minister of Transport Sean Duffy. Everyone who lives in Washington regularly sees “how military helicopters fly up and down the river”. It was a clear night with good visual conditions. The low temperatures made the work of the rescue staff difficult – in the last few days they were far under freezing, it was only noticeably warmer at the beginning of the week.
Also figure skaters on board
According to the US Ice Skating Association, there were around 15 of the athletes on board the regional radius of American Airlines, which came from Wichita in the state of Kansas. Athletes from Russia were also in the machine, Russian state media reported. Russia now expressed his participation in the members of his citizens. The former world champions in figure skates, Jewgenia Schischkowa and Wadim Naumow were on board.
Helicopter crew knew about planes
A webcam of the Kennedy Center in Washington showed an explosion in the air across the river at 9.47 pm (local time). Then there was a burning and quick plane. The radio traffic between the tower and the helicopter shows that the crew knew that the plane was nearby. CBS reported one of the two flight writers, the SO -driven black box, divers, CBS reported. Data is collected in this and radio traffic and communication are also included in the cockpit.
People gathered at Reagan airport who waited for news about their family members. Hamaad Raza told a local broadcaster that his wife had written a message to him that she would land within 20 minutes. His answer could no longer be sent completely to her cell phone. “I noticed that something was wrong.”
Trump wrote on his truth Social Portal that the helicopter was flown directly on the plane for a longer period of time. “It’s a clear night that shone the lights of the plane, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down?” “This is a bad situation that apparently should have been prevented. Not good !!! “
The plane fell in Potomac in 1982
After the accident, memories of 1982 were aroused: on January 13, 1982, Air Florida also deposited on January 13, 1982 near the Washington National Airport. The machine first touched a bridge and then fell into the ice -covered Potomac. 78 people died, four of them on the ground. Five people survived the accident. The cause is a icing of the wings and engines.
Recently a passenger plane with a similar number of people on board in the United States in 2009 – near Buffalo in the state of New York. At that time, all 49 prisoners and a person died on the ground. One of the deadliest aircraft in the US is the flight of the American Airlines in 191 from 25 May 1979. On Chicago O’Hare International Airport a motorcycle dropped out, 271 people on board and two died on the floor.
Source: Krone
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