The aerial collision between the American eagle brand area jet near the Washington DC and the Citolsky UH-60 helicopter is the first to be involved in US airlines since the crash of the Korgan Air Management Jet, which killed 50 people in 2009. It may be a fatal crash.
The death has not been reported from the collision on January 29, which occurred on the frozen Potomax River, but the main search and rescue efforts are underway, but the DC fire and the EMS category have been confirmed.
American Airlines has confirmed that there are 60 passengers and four crew members on the MHIRJ CRJ700, a PSA airline involved in the accident.
PSA is a wholly owned subsidiary of American.
“Our concerns are for passengers and crews on aircraft,” says American. “We are in touch with the authorities and support urgent efforts.”
The minimum crew of the UH-60 utility configuration used by the US military is the chief of two pilots and one crew, which is up to four crew members and 12 crew members. You can carry the crew, but it is unknown how many people are on the H-60. A unit sitting. The H-60 variations are also operated by the US Navy and the U.S. Air Force.
Several close calls at the Visi Airport Hub in the northeastern United States have been wary in recent months, but US airlines have been running for a long time without major commercial air accidents.
The last major accident was that when it occurred in February 2009, the pilot of Corgan Air Operation dehabiland Canada Dash 8-400 lost control with an approach to Buffalo in New York and entered a stall that did not recover. 。
According to the Flightglobal archive, the local turbo prop was operating under ice solution, from immediately after takeoff to the final approach accident. The aircraft collided with the Buffalo residential area and killed one of 49 passengers, crew and one house.
In a subsequent survey, the U.S. National Traffic Safety Commission believed that the accident was due to the loss of status recognition by the DASH 8 pilot.
