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The NTSB has just started a three-day research hearing on the 29 January collision of an army helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342
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Sixty -seven people were killed
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One of the new details of the hearing, which started on Wednesday, July 30, is a summary of what led to the crash
New details have been released over the last minutes before an army helicopter in January near Washington, DC, an army helicopter clashed with an American Airlines passenger beam, killing 67 people.
The information, announced together with thousands of pages with records as part of the government's continuous probe, feeds further questions about the behavior of the Black Hawk in the air – including whether the vessel actually knew where it was in the air.
On Wednesday, July 30, the National Transportation Safety Board started a three -day hearing on the crash of January 29 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which has been investigated for months.
All 64 people on the flight of the American Airlines were killed together with the three crew members on the Chopper.
It remains unclear whether the collision was caused by some kind of errors on the part of the helicopter team. Air traffic controllers have also taken control after reports of personnel problems that day; Helicopters have also flown close to the airport.
As part of this week's hearing, officials showed an animation of what led to the fatal collision about the Potomac River next to the airport.
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According to the NTSB presentation, which extends and confirms some earlier information released by the authorities, American Airlines Flight 5342 last communicated with air traffic controllers when they were told to change the landing of landing jobs, which they instructed with it.
The jet flew to DC from Wichita, Kan.; A number of young figure skaters were on board after attending an elite training camp.
At the same time, the helicopter, which flew as part of a night evaluation for the pilot, Capt. Rebecca Lobach, back to Fort Belvoir in Virginia.
The Black Hawk had a crew of three people: Lobach, 28, as well as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves and 28-year-old Staf Sgt. Ryan O'hara.
Eaves, 39, was reportedly the instructor.
It is crucial that the route that the helicopter flew a maximum height of 200 feet near the airport, but the helicopter continued to fly well above, ranging between the middle of 200 feet varies to more than 300 feet when the Reagan approached.
Later on Wednesday's hearing, officials testified that the helicopter's crew seemed to think that they flew lower than they were, possibly due to an altim meter error.
At different times they announced that they were about 100 feet lower than they were at heights.
About three minutes before the crash, Eaves told Lobach to “come for me” because they were 300 feet, according to the new NTSB presentation.
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From the left: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves and Capt. Rebecca Lobach
The presentation also shows that the helicopter was warned twice by an air traffic controller about the approaching passenger beam, once two minutes before the collision and again about 90 seconds later. Both times the helicopter said it could see the other plane and asked for a 'visual divorce', in which they could navigate around the jet. A controller approved that.
Five seconds after the second warning to pay attention to the incoming plane, said Eaves, the helicopter instructor, Lobach said: “Okay, a little bit for me, Madam, I think he asks,” to which she answered, “sure,” the presentation shows.
Eaves then said, “We are quite in the direction of the middle,” and Lobach said, “Okay, fine.”
The entire fair takes about four seconds. The helicopter was 270 feet in the air. Not far away, the American Airlines Jet descended to the runway and was only 320 feet in the air.
Three seconds later, at 8:48 PM local time, they collided.
The NTSB hearing will continue this week.
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