Only a week after a collision for the air nearby Reagan National AirportThe Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are planning to inform senators.
The collision for the air between a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk -Helikopter and one Bombardier CRJ700 plane was confirmed that it killed 67 people.
Since the crash, the FAA has imposed stricter restrictions on helicopter flights near the airport until the end of February, apart from the police and medicalAir defense and presidential air transport.
A ship with a crane moves parts of the wreck from the Potomac River in the aftermath of the American Eagle Flight 5342 collision and a black Havikhelicopter collapsed in the river, by the Ronald Reagan Washton National Airport, in Arlingon, Virginia, VS , February 5, 2025. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
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They also posted a notification with limiting civil aircraft of flies in the area when helicopters are present until 31 March.
The flight data recorder of the aircraft indicated that it was hit by the helicopter at 325 feet on Wednesday evening, and that there was a change in the field of the aircraft prior to the impact, according to the provisional information released on Saturday.
“Currently, the CRJ (aircraft) was based on the data recorder at the time of Impact 325 feet, plus or at least 25 feet,” National transport Safety Board (NTSB) member Todd Inman said at a Saturday news conference. “And for those who follow this closely, that is a corrected height.”
People stand next to the Potomac River, after attending a candlelight vigil for the victims of the collision between American Eagle Flight 5342 and a Black Hawk -helicopter that collapsed in the river, 2025. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
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“At some point I can tell you, very close to the impact, there was a slight change in pitch, an increase in pitch,” he added when he was asked if the plane stopped.
A ship that wears a crane transports parts of the wreck of the Potomac River while they cross along the helicopter involved in the crash, in the aftermath of the American Eagle Flight 5342 and a black Havikhelicopter collapsed through the Ronald , by De Ronald, by the Ronald, by the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in Arlington, Virginia, US, 5 February 2025. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
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Although the air traffic control data had the height of the aircraft at 200 feet by impact, Inman said that they “did not complete it and get more granularity for it”, and that data from the Black Hawk’s recorder is also needed to answer On the apparent 100 -boat difference in height.
Andrea Margolis and Rick Eggleston from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
