The Federal Investigator has begun a drastic investigation to respond to collisions with two aircraft on the Potmax River. The survey leads by the National Traffic Safety Commission, the National Traffic Safety Commission. This is an independent federal agency entrusted by Congress to consider serious transportation -related accidents, including private aviation.
“We are thoroughly investigating and seeing the facts of this tragedy,” said Jennifer Homendy, the chairman of the institution, on Thursday, the day after CRASH dropped, where American Airlines and Army helicopters were involved. I talked. It was thought that all 67 people on two aircraft were killed.
The following shows how the survey is expanded.
Who configures NTSB?
The agency has five members of the Board of Directors, each of which has a five -year term. The members must be nominated by the president and be confirmed by the Senate.
Approximately 400 employees, including investigators, are working at an agency. Since 1967, NTSB has been investigating over 153,000 aviation accidents, according to its website.
We are collecting evidence on the crash site.
The representative of the agency was on the spot within a few hours of Wednesday's night collision near Reagan National Airport in Washington. On Thursday, it became clear that no one had survived, so dozens of investigators began to collect evidence from the scene.
According to NTSB, two “black boxes” (cockpit audio recorders and flight data recorders) from the Bombardia CRJ700 airplane driven by American Airlines were collected and sent to the agency's laboratory. Thursday, the Army officials urged the evaluation of evaluations until the helicopter black box could be recovered and analyzed. It was not known early on Friday whether it was acquired.
“We are passing through the fields of debris now,” said J. Todd Inman, a member of the Board of Directors. He needs to confirm evidence, but he stated that the accident had a “very prompt and quick impact.”
Investigators also collect evidence from other sources, including flight data and maintenance records, and conduct interviews to understand what happened in the crash.
Investigators look at “humans, machinery, and environment.”
This survey will probably draw a wide range of industry organizations, unions, and aircraft manufacturers.
“As part of the survey, we look at humans, machinery and the environment,” said Homendy.
Inman said that it would ask for information from parties, including PSA Airlines, who operated the American Airlines Flight on Wednesday. Ge Aerospace, aircraft engine supplier. Sicorsky, a helicopter manufacturer. Federal Aviation Bureau. A labor union represented by air control officers, pilots, and flight attendants. MHI RJ Aviation, which owns Bombardier's CRJ aircraft program.
He said that some of the investigators would examine the accidents and operating systems, and their altitude of the Bombardy Airplane before the impact. Others look at the Sikorsky helicopter and review air traffic control communication.
They also study the behavior of people involved in the crash to determine if the human error has played a role.
“The loss of life in the aviation accident is very rare in the United States,” said Inman. “Our mission is to understand not only what happened, but also why it happened, and recommend changing so that it does not happen again.”
Preliminary reports are expected within 30 days.
NTSB usually shares a preliminary report that probably caused an accident. A final report that requires approval from the board of directors or directors will be released later.
According to the institution, a survey on aviation accidents can take one to two years. Inman said that NTSB intended to create a preliminary report within 30 days, and was too early to guess the potential survey results.
If it is found that a possibility criminal act has occurred, the institution will deliver the survey to the local law execution organization or FBI.
