USA. There is a report on the collision of a helicopter with an aircraft in Washington

The air disaster occurred on January 29 in the United States. The Black Hawk helicopter collided with the American Airlines aircraft on the Potomak River near the Ronald Reagan National Airport airport. All people from the deck of both machines were killed. On this day, the pilot of the helicopter Capt. Rebecca Lobach was subjected to annual assessment. According to the New York Times report, she was designed to check the conditions of the script in which the members of the Congress or other senior state officials would be transported from the capital of the country in the event of an attack. The American website reports that its instructor was the senior ensign Andrew Loyd Eaves. In the last seconds before the collision, the ensign was to say sitting at the controls of lobes that the air traffic controller wanted her to turn left. However, there is no evidence that the pilot has followed this command.

Rebecca lobach, pilot Black Hawka did not bypass the plane

The report « NYT » shows that the controller warned Black Hawk about the American Airlines aircraft, but did not issue clear, urgent instructions. By drawing these conclusions, journalists refer to aviation experts. When both aircraft approached each other, the controller issued the helicopter to the instructions: we miss the plane. He could tell the Black Hawk crew, where the 5342 flight is located and which side is flying. According to the website’s findings, the controller also did not notify the American Airlines pilots of a threat. The report also mentions that helicopter pilots may not hear some of the controller’s instructions.

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The pilot was not to make an important maneuver.

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The drama took place on the Potomak River.