The place where the PSA airline MHIRJ CRJ700 attacked the US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter on January 29 is a busy flight corridor for military rotor craft.
At any time, many Black Hawks and other types, including Bellbowing V-22 Osprey, can be seen at a low altitude and north or south along the east coast of the Potomac River in Washington DC south.
“I see those helicopters moving up and down the river every day. They always appear on the right,” said John, a former member of the Air Safety Consultant and former member of the former Transportation Safety Commission.・ Gogulia says.
The collision occurred when the CRJ700, operated by American Airlines 5342, was taking the final approach to the runway 33 of the Ronal Dragan Washington National Airport.
The CRJ700 pilot intended to land on the Washington National Runway 33. The airport is located in Virginia on the west coast of the river.
The aircraft arrives mainly with the main airport, 7,169 feet (2,185m), 01/19, and departs. For these approaches, the jet usually tracks the west coast of Potmax.
Sometimes the regional jet lands on a short 5,204 -foot runway 33, but to do so, you need to fly north along the east coast of Potomac, then turn northwest and cross the river.
Flight tracking websites and reports indicate that the jet has a collision on a river near the east coast shortly after the jet turns in the northwest. It is an airspace where military rotor craft is generally low.
The CRJ700 is only 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from the runway when the runway and black hawk collide, and it seems that both aircraft have clearly destroyed to Potmack.
The survey has just begun, but GOGLIA believes that the UH-60 is equipped with a traffic collision avoidance system necessary for the passenger seat. Gogulia points out that the system can prevent collision only when both aircraft is equipped.
Flight tracking data from multiple sources, including FLIGHTRADAR24 and ADS-B Exchange, indicates that the incident UH-60 flying in call-signed PAT25 has not operated on active flight transponders.
