Thursday morning, chairman Donald Trump Shown to blame for A midar collision in which 67 people killed On the approach of previous administration to hire aviation professionals. But the accident experts and investigators, including a military helicopter, say that the investigators will see holes on every element of the accident over the next few weeks, and the leading moment for it to determine the cause.
“You need to give us time,” said Jennifer Homendi, Chairman of the National Transport Safety Board. Press conference on ThursdayNTSB is an independent American federal watchdog agency leading the investigation into an accident. “We have data, we have enough information,” he said. “We need to verify the information.”
“We will analyze the facts”
On Wednesday evening, an US Army Sikorski UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter collided with a Bombardier CRJ-700 Jet's tail, coming to the Ronald Reagan National Airport of Washington, DC. Officials say any person survived the accident on a military helicopter or commercial airline run by the US Airlines on a military airline PSA Airlines. It is the deadliest American commercial airline accident in 16 years.
One in White House briefing Thursday morningTrump pointed to a program that also existed through his first administration, which was aimed at expanding the talent pool for persons with disabilities for American federal aviation administration. There was no evidence, he admitted that the accident was linked to the FAA's efforts to improve diversity in their workforce. But he made a relationship, he said, “Because I have general knowledge and unfortunately some people do not.”
Later on Thursday, White House released a statement In favor of the program holding a work, he encouraged the variety, criticizing the “merit-based hiring” of the biden administration in the FAA. Trump also ordered the FAA and the US Transport Secretary to review all the fare and security protocol changes of the FAA made during the four years of the Biden administration, “and necessary to get unrelated aviation security. To take action, “Whatever may be included firing.
But experts and investigators say that a completely and fair approach would be important to determine why and how the conflict occurred.
In a press briefing, NTSB Board member J. Todd Inman said that at least seven different work groups would focus on different elements of groups flights, which are made up of representatives of organizations representing military, aircraft manufacturers and aviation professionals along with federal investigators.
An operation group will look at the history of the accident and the crew involved. Another group would focus on the body of the aircraft, examining the sequences of the debris and accident to determine that the aircraft had traveled before the collision, including the height. Another will be zoom in on engines involved. Others will examine flight control equipment along with onboard hydraulic, electrical and pneumatic systems. A group will be seen especially in the role of air traffic control, using recording and sensor data to determine how the professionals of the national airport reacted to the incident. Another will first examine the response of the respondents, and the second will specifically examine the helicopter. A “human demonstration” group will be embedded within many of the organizations, which is focusing on what role the crew fatigue, charge, medicine, equipment and training may be in which role.