The aerial conflict between the Reagan National Airport private passenger aircraft and the military helicopter on Wednesday did not leave any survivors.
There is no doubt that the safety of the airline has steadily improved around the world. However, in the location, the increase in air traffic, new threats, and aging infrastructure, have become more complicated and vulnerable.
Washington's Reagan Airport is the busiest runway in Japan and is qualified as one of those complicated airspaces. Probably, the rest of the White House, Pentagon, and Washington's official part is probably the most suppressed in the world where all private and military aircraft and helicopters are operated.
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The rise in safety is the historical trend of aviation. But is it changing in the United States? Wednesday crashes occur in the fact that some people are seeing the stress of air and safety systems.
On Wednesday night, a passenger aircraft operated by American Airlines Airlines PSA, detained by Wichita, Kansas, collided with the Army helicopter during training exercises. Neither the 64 American flights and the crew to the three crews on the helicopter were thought to have survived. Among the victims were the 1994 World Champion, 14 American figure skaters, two Russian skaters, Evgenia Shikoba and Vadimnowmov.
Early news reports suggest that the Air Commander had called a helicopter pilot to maintain the separation from passenger aircraft just before the crash drop.
National Transportation Safety Board is investigating crashes. At a press conference on Thursday, NTSB officials refused to guess the cause of CRASH, which did not stop others.
In a remark from the White House, President Donald Trump said, “I was in the wrong place,” a helicopter. He also accused Barak Obama and President Joe Biden's diversity, fairness, and inclusive policy. In a document published last week, Trump White House argued that the emphasis on DEI has brought the diversity of the Federal Aviation Bureau (FAA )'s ability to supervise the air traffic control.
The local officials on the site gained another tone at another press conference held at Reagan National Airport on Thursday. They praised the quick response and coordination between cities and states rescue members, and the cooperation of the state and the federal authorities.
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“I am really grateful that the Democrats and Republicans are trying to confirm that the Democrats and Republican members are gathering people from all over the world,” he said. Don Bayer said.
The long -term improvement of airline safety is clear. One million commercial flights have 12 times the death of the 1970s. Before Wednesday, the last major fatal airline CRASH accident occurred when the Corgan Air Flying, which belongs to the continental airline, got off the buffalo.
Nevertheless, last year the security of the flight stalled. In August, a passenger service in Brazil dropped about 50 miles from Sao Paulo. In December, Azerbaijan Airplane dropped CRASH in Kazakhstan. A few days later, Jeju Air flight dropped crash in Korea.
These cases lost 318 lives and became the most fatal for commercial aviation in 2024 in six years.
“This is a worrisome trend,” Ed Pearson, an executive director of the Aviation Safety Foundation based in Washington, is monitoring the aviation industry carefully. “It would be safe for people to fly statistically, but in fact, it could always be safer.”
One of the reasons for concern is that relatively new threats have appeared. A missile near the conflict area.
A preliminary survey of CRASH drop in Kazakhstan has determined that Russian ground -to -air missiles have defeated the plane while fighting for Ukraine's drone attack. According to Wall Street Journal, this represents such a third attack in 10 years, accounting for more than 500 deaths.
Another task near your home is the lack of US and Canadian air traffic controllers. Even before the pandemic, when the authorities first fired the staff and stopped training new controllers, the US air traffic system was not short of workers. A year ago, the FAA controller was a 10 % controller than 2012.
At the same time, the controller had to deal with the growing complexity as air traffic grew. This is especially true for old airports such as Reagan. Originally, it was designed to handle 15 million passengers a year, but now more than 23 million passengers are handled on a daily basis.
“It's a complicated airspace and an airspace with no error margin,” says Hassan ShahiDi, the director of FLIGHT SAFETY Foundation, a non -profit organization based in Alexandria, Virginia, enhances airline safety. I am promoting that.
Despite these concerns, the parliament was passed last year, and even the Senator who refers to a safety expert or a Senator who refers to a warning sign near the potential dangers. Signed a bill to add. The direct flight with Wichita, including the one that was dropped this week, began this month before the law was signed.
The added traffic will further expand the safety system. “The whole system is very dependent on humans in the system -corresponding system,” he said, “Colonel Shaem Marumkist, an active pilot of the Flight Safety Foundation, which is deeply involved in aircraft accident investigations. Says. “We need to design a system so that things do not depend on humans.”
According to the FAA, human errors are the main causes of airline crashes. However, the error is often a sign of a deeper system defect.
“I wake up every morning, and I can't say,” Well, today, I'm going to be alert all day, “said Philip Green Span, a former Delta -certified helicopter instructor and former Delta Airlines pilot.
Kaitin Babcock reported from Washington and reported Laurent Bercy in Walsam, Massachusetts.
