New Delhi:
There are no survivors in the air in the air between a Blackhawk helicopter from the US army. And a passenger plane in Washington DC, a fire official said. Local media reported that 28 bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River.
“At this point we do not believe that there are survivors,” said Washington firefighters, John Donnelly, to a press conference at Reagan National Airport, outside the capital of the United States. “Now we are at a point where we are changing a rescue operation to a recovery operation.”
Air traffic controllers warned the US Army helicopter. UU. That was ongoing to collide with a passenger plane, with an audio captured from the fatal accident that ended in audible gasps of the control room.
In the deadly collision in the air on Wednesday night, the helicopter hit the Bombardier plane operated by a subsidiary of American Airlines, since it approached to land at the Reagan National Airport.
After an explosion of “fireball”, both airplanes shot at the Potomac icy River.
“Pat 2-5 Do you have the CRJ in view?” He asked a controller, using the call sign for the Black Hawk helicopter, asking if he could see the plane.
“Pat 2-5, pass behind the CRJ,” requested the controller.
The gasps could be heard moments later, with a voice asking “tower, did you see that?”
“I just saw a fireball and then left. I haven’t seen anything since they hit the river. But it was a crj and a helicopter that hit,” said another air traffic controller after the accident.
The plane would have had the right of passage if it was clear to land, said Kyle Bailey, a pilot and aviation expert, to Fox News.
With AFP tickets
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