After the emergency response unit was approaching at Alington, Virginia on January 30, 2025, he searched the crash scene of the US aviation aircraft on the Polt Mark River on the Reagan National Airport.
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The rescue staff still took the body from the cold Potoma River on Thursday morning, but The most deadly commercial air disaster Since 2001, in the United States, people’s long -term concerns about the crowded US airspace have fallen into a comprehensive crisis.
Just before 9 pm Eastern American time on Wednesday American airline Regional jet passenger aircraft collision Military helicopter near the Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC. No survivor Officials said that on the bomber CRJ700 jet, 60 passengers and four crew members, or three helicopters on the Army Black Hawk helicopter.
In recent years, a series of close phone calls on the airport have caused alerts from airlines, regulators and legislators. It is unclear what causes the fatal collision on Wednesday. It may take a few months to conduct a comprehensive investigation, or even no more than one year. Officials did not make an error in the air flow of the fatal crash on Thursday.
In one of the events that have attracted attention recently Jielan Airlines The aircraft that started to take off in the Reagan National Team in April was within hundreds of feet within hundreds of feet Southwest Airlines The flight was told to cross the runway.
Despite a near -call, since February 2009, no major deadly commercial aircraft crashed on US land. Since November 2001, Wednesday crash is the most fatal.
“The system is as safe as before,” Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan is accepting CNBC’s “SQU“Thursday morning.
Airlines’ executives have always promoted continuous government to modernize air traffic control and hire more employees to help reduce the congestion of some busiest corridors in the United States. According to the regional airport authority, the main runway of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is the busiest runway in the United States.
Jordan said: “The system has been modernized for decades.” “You already have equipment that can be traced back to the 1960s. Modern equipment can actually better manage the airspace, more throughput, and therefore higher efficiency. “
