DC Plan Crash Live Updates: NTSB Restores black boxes

31 January, 12:30 EstFAA’s preliminary report on the incident noted that the staff of the air traffic control tower were not “normal” that pointed to the fact that a single flight controlled both helicopter and air traffic, Associated Press reported.

However, the federal organs’ assessment was rejected by a named source quoted by the AP, who was familiar with the case and said that the staff at the tower were at a normal level.

New York Times reported That the handling of air traffic and helicopter traffic is usually handled by two separate controllers until 1 p.m. 21.30 every day

On Wednesday night, however, an air traffic management supervisor merged the two jobs before 1 p.m. 21.30 (the collision happened shortly before 21.00 local time) and let a flight checker leave early, the Times report added.

January 30, 7 p.m. 23:30 EstNational Security Transport Board that examines the crash, advertised that it had recovered The decomposed aircraft’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder – which is sometimes called “black boxes.” The two recorders were taken to NTSB’s laboratory for evaluation.

January 30 at. 17.40 estAbout 40 bodies had been regained in the Potomac River, ABC News and CBS NEWS Reported along with some partial leftovers, and investigators believe they have given themselves everything they can, without moving the aircraft’s aircraft. CBS reported that the search for leftovers will stop at dusk and be brought back tomorrow.

January 30 at. 17.15 est Kansas Government Manager Laura Kelly said they do not yet have the list of airline passengers or know how many people from Wichita or Kansas were on the plane, but she said National Transportation Security Board was working to inform all relatives and told her manifesto could be out sometime tomorrow afternoon.

January 30 President Donald Trump signed a Memorandum of Aviation Safety ordering a review of federal aviation and security decisions to undo the “injury” that Trump said was performed by former President Joe Biden’s diversity policy, and while he signed it, he repeated it. Claim that diversity, equity and inclusion policies may have played a role in the crash.

30 January, 14:15 EstThe air traffic controller, who handled helicopters near the airport on Wednesday evening, also instructed commercial aircraft in the start and landing, jobs that are usually assigned two separate persons, according to an internal preliminary federal aviation management security report seen by Timeswhich also reported that the tower at the airport has been understaffed for years. Cnn Also reported that the tower was understaffed and had one person who performed two jobs, citing a named air traffic management source.

January 30, 7 p.m. 13:20 estArmy officials confirmed That two pilots of the helicopter – a man and a woman – and a male Sersjern herd member were killed in the collision. Their bodies have been regained.

January 30 at. 12:15 EstFormer Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg called Trump’s claim FAA was made unsafe by hiring practices “Despicable” and criticized him for what he called his relocation to “fire and suspend some of the key staff who helped keep our heaven in safety” (within a day after accession , Trump, Trump had fired The leader of the Transportation Security Administration and eliminated all members of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee).

30 January, 11:30 EstTrump, in a press briefing, boasted by a Executive Order He issued last week when he ended diversity, justice and inclusion in FAA, and suggested without evidence that people with “serious intellectual disabilities” had been hired as airline controllers under the Obama and Biden administrations. He said that only “naturally talented geniuses” would be hired for the job under his new policies. Later he said “We don’t know that necessarily (crashed) is even the controller’s fault.”

When asked how he could have determined diversity employment practices, the blame for the crash was without proof, Trump said: “Because I have common sense. And unfortunately, many people don’t. “

30 January, 11:24 ESTTrump appointed Chris Rocheleau, a 22-year-old veteran from FAA, who is currently serving as Deputy Denizer as acting commissioner of the agency. A few have not had a boss since Mike Whitaker retired on January 20th.

30 January, 11:20 ESTTrump confirmed that there is no survivor in the crash and said called the incident a “real tragedy” while thanking the local first respondents for being “so fast, so fast” to answer.

January 30 at. 11FAA -employees were not part of a sweeping buyout offer made by Trump to millions of federal employees earlier this week in an attempt to cut the federal workforce, the Associated Press reported quotes an anonymous source.

January 30 at. 10:30 EstDefense Secretary Pete Hegeth said The army helicopter involved in the crash was to fly from Fort Belvoir, VA., Was flown by “a fairly experienced crew” and conducted “a required annual night evaluation” flight.

30 January, 08:10 ESTThe newly appointed transport secretary Sean Duffy ignored A question from a reporter at a press conference Thursday morning asking if a acting director of FAA has been appointed after the former boss, Whitakerthat was pressed for several months by the President’s Confidential Elon Musk To resign, stepped down earlier this month.

30 January, 08:10 ESTDuffy said The accident was “absolutely” preventable and added that there was “not a breakdown” in the communication between the military helicopter and the commercial aircraft, and that US military helicopters routinely fly near the Potomac River.

30 January, 07:45 EstWashington’s brand and EMS chief John Donnelly said that emergencies switched over from a rescue to a recovery operation, adding “At this point we don’t think there are any survivors.” Donnelly added that respondents have regained the bodies of 27 of the 64 people aboard the plane and one of the three people aboard the black Hawk helicopter.

30 January, 07:40 ESTDuffy said the authorities located both the crashed aircraft and the passenger aircraft’s aircraft, which was divided into three and is found in waist-deep water in the Potomac River.

January 29, 7 p.m. 23:15 Est After the crash, all starts and landings was stopped At Reagan National and Officials, the operations at the airport will remain at least until 11:00 AST on Thursday.

29 January, 23:19 Est Trump posted the incident on his truth’s social platform and questioned the helicopter operator and Air Controllers’ handling of the situation: “The aircraft was on a perfect and routine approach to the airport. The helicopter went right at the plane for a long period of time. It’s a clear night the lights on the plane burned, why did the helicopter not go up or down or turned. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. Not good !!! “

January 29, 7 p.m. 23.00 EstThe White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News -host Sean Hannity that Trump has been informed of the incident and both federal and local law enforcement work “to try to save as many lives as possible.”