At the end of January, 67 people died in Washington during a flight accident. A helicopter was collided with a passenger machine. Now there are new findings: Apparently the helicopter's location system was eliminated.
According to new findings, the location technology of the helicopter was switched off in the collision of a military helicopter with a passenger plane in Washington. The tracking system was deactivated during the training flight, said Republican Senator Ted Cruz of the New York Times.
The so-called ADS-B system provides data for position, speed and flight height every second. It is an “additional security level to prevent crashes”. Air traffic controllers would not have to rely exclusively on the radar tracking, which has a delay of several seconds.
There was no mandatory reason for switching off the system at the time of the collision, said Cruz. Military helicopters could deactivate the system for security reasons if government members are on board. However, this was not the case in the night of the crash.
67 deaths in the event of crash
Cruz is the chairman of the traffic committee, which was informed about the accident by the security authorities FAA and NTSB behind closed doors. The US military initially did not comment on the investigation.
On January 29, a passenger machine from the American Airlines near Ronald-Reagan-Airport's capital airport (DCA) collapsed with the “Black Hawk” type helicopter. 67 people were killed. The regional jet with 60 passengers and four crew members on board fell into the Potomac River. The three soldiers in the helicopter also died.
