Black boxes found as airport staffing probed

The location of the black boxes for a commercial trip was determined to a military helicopter in Washington, DC, where questions about the recruitment and other nearby calls were expanded at the airport where the plane landed.

Two people are usually running the helicopter air traffic and aircraft flying in the region – one of the most controlled air spaces in the world – but there was only one person in service on Wednesday at the time of the accident, according to the sources that the BBC was killed in the United States CBS News partner.

Officials are still investigating the cause of the accident that killed all 67 people on board.

The National Transport Safety Council (NTSB) said that an initial report will be issued within 30 days.

The trip registrar and audio recorder in the cockpit, known as black boxes, can help provide evidence for investigators What may be a mistake in the trip.

The boxes will be transferred to the NTSB laboratory, near the accident site, and analyzed, according to CBS.

The numbers of air traffic monitoring employees, which the New York Times reported for the first time, was observed as “abnormal”, according to a preliminary report of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

For years, the federal government has struggled to fill some of the main positions in the Federal Aviation Administration.

It is said that the type of employees who had one air traffic control worker runs both helicopters and aircraft at Rigan Washington National Airport on Wednesday Nightis and did not penetrate the instructions.

The divers spent most of Thursday swimming through the ice water of the Botomac River, where they looked for the bodies of the victims.

The search was suspended Thursday evening due to the dangerous conditions.

There were 64 passengers on the US Airways flight that collided with the Black Hawk helicopter in the army was on a training flight. He was three soldiers on board.

The difference has so far regained 27 bodies from the plane and one of the helicopters.

In the White House on Thursday, President Donald Trump began a moment of silence and prayer for the victims.

He said, “We can only start imagining the suffering you feel all,” adding, “Our hearts have shattered by your side.”

Trump speculation On the reason for the collision, which indicates without evidence that the low -employment standards for air traffic controllers in the Federal Aviation Administration under the supervision of previous departments run by Democrats may be a worker.

Later on Thursday, a memorandum was signed to end the practices of diversity, shares and integration (Dei) in the aviation sector.

DEI programs aim to enhance participation in workplaces by people from a set of backgrounds. Supporters say they are dealing with historical or continuous discrimination and missing representation, but critics argue that they can be discriminatory themselves.

Trump also signed an executive order to appoint a new FAA president.

The deadly accident occurred at approximately 21:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, when a PSA aircraft plane operating as 5342 US air lines collided with an American army helicopter with Ronald Reagan Washington’s National Airport approaching.

Both aircraft were in the Botomac River. The passenger plane stormed multiple pieces and sank several feet in the water, while the helicopter ended upside down in the river.

The plane, the Mombardier CRJ700, had left Witchita, Kansas, and was carrying Dozens of passengersIncluding a pair of young skiers, mothers, and Russian coaches.

“There were others from our citizens on the plane. It is bad news today from Washington,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in the Russian media.

“We regret and send our condolences to families and friends.”

The helicopter was Sikorsky H-60, which took off from Fort Balfwar in Virginia with three soldiers on board, and belongs to B.C., the twelfth aviation battalion.

“It is a tragedy, and a horrific loss in the lives of these 64 souls on these civilian aircraft, and of course the three soldiers in that black falcon [helicopter]The new Defense Minister, Beit Higseth, said on Wednesday.