What’s still in DC Jet Crash investigation

Thursday morning President Donald Trump seemed to blame a collision in the air that killed 67 people in the previous administration approach to hire aviation professionals. But experts and researchers involved with the accident, which also involved a military helicopter, say that the next weeks will make researchers for each element of the accident and the moments before it, to determine the causes.

“You need to give us time,” said Jennifer Homendy, president of the National Transport Security Board, in a Thursday Press Conference. The NTSB is an independent federal surveillance agency of the United States that leads research on the accident. “We have data, we have substantial information amounts,” he said. “We need to verify the information.”

“We will analyze the facts”

On Wednesday night, a Black Hawk helicopter from the US Army. UU. UH-60 collided with the tail of a CRJ-700 bomber plane that came to land in Washington, the Ronald Reagan National Airport of DC. The authorities say that no one aboard the military helicopter or the commercial plane, operated by the regional airline PSA Airlines on behalf of American Airlines, survived the accident. It is the clash of the most fatal American commercial airline in 16 years.

In White House information on Thursday morningTrump pointed out a program that also existed through its first administration aimed at expanding the group of talents for the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States to people with disabilities. There was no evidence, he admitted that the accident was linked to the FAA’s attempts to improve diversity in his workforce. But he made the connection “because I have common sense and unfortunately some people.”

Later on Thursday, the White House launched A statement Criticize the “rejection of hiring based on merit” of the Biden Administration in FAA in favor of a contracting program that promoted diversity. Trump also ordered the FAA and the Secretary of Transportation of the United States to review all the changes in protocol and FAA security protocol carried out during the four years of the Biden Administration, “and take corrective measures as necessary to achieve the Aviation security without compromises “, which could include shots.

But experts and researchers say that an exhaustive and impartial approach will be essential to determine exactly why and how the collision occurred.

In an informative press session, the member of the NTSB Board, J. Todd Inman, said that at least seven different work groups will focus on different flight elements, composed of federal researchers, as well as representatives of the military, Manufacturers of airplanes and organizations that represent aviation professionals.

A group of operations will analyze the history of the accident and the crew involved. Another group will focus on the body of the aircraft, examining the remains and accident scenes to determine which course the plane traveled before the collision, including altitude. Another will approach the engines involved. Others will examine hydraulic, electrical and tire systems on board, as well as flight control instruments. A group will specifically analyze the role of air traffic control, using recordings and sensor data to determine how national airport professionals reacted to the incident. Another will examine the reactions of lifeguards, and another will examine the particular helicopter. A group of “human performance” will be integrated into several of these organizations, focusing on the fatigue fatigue role, workload, medicines, equipment and training could have played in collision.