Traffic control radar shows moment when US jet collides with chopper

Traffic control radar shows moment when US jet collides with chopper

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A footage is going viral on social media platforms showing the air traffic control room screen, showing the radar view of an American airline aircraft colliding with an American military helicopter on Wednesday.

The clip of the 49 -Second shows how the army with three army people crashed in the Black Hawk Holicopter – Call Sign Pat 25 – American Eagle Flight 5342, who took 60 passengers and four crew members There was a small aircraft.

They collided with Washington before crashing in the Potomac River.

Officials say they do not expect any survivors from the accident, who were caught on several cameras. A multi-agency operation is underway to recover 67 bodies from the river.

American Airlines aircraft, which was flying from Wichita, Kansas to the US capital, was carrying athletes and coaches from Elite Figure Skating World, including former Russian world couple champions Avagenia Sheshkova and Wadim Naomov.

The incident took place at around 9:00 pm (ET) (0200 GMT) on Wednesday as the aircraft was making its last view to the Reagan National Airport in Washington.

According to reports, the aircraft pilot has been identified as Sam Lily, a 28 -year -old man with a six -year experience in American Airlines, and who was engaged in getting married.

Air Traffic Controller Audio captures moments before Washington Plane Crash

An air traffic control audio recorded a few moments before and after the passenger jet crashed with a helicopter of the US Army.

Audio from Liveatc.net, a respected source for in-slight recording, captured the final communication between three crew members of the Chopper before hitting the CRJ700 Bombardier Jet.

“Pat 25, do you have CRJ? PAT25, passes behind CRJ,” an air traffic controller said at 8:47 pm (ET) on Wednesday. “

Later, another aircraft called the air traffic control, saying, “Tower, have you seen?” – Apparently mention of accident.

An air traffic controller again rejected the aircraft leading to runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport.

“Crash, Crash, Crash, this is an alert three,” one of the air traffic controllers can be heard saying in the audio from the time of the accident.

Another controller said, “I don’t know if you had caught what happened earlier, but the approach in 33 collided. We are going to stop operations for an indefinite future,” said another controller.

“Both the helicopters and the aircraft crashed into the river,” a third air traffic controller could be heard saying.

“It was probably in the middle of the river,” the controller said.

The controller said, “I only saw a fire ball and then it had just gone. I have not seen anything since hitting the river. But it was a CRJ and a helicopter that took a hit,” the controller said.

(With agency input)


(T) Potomac River (T) Reagan Washington National Airport

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