Scontro in volo alle 20:47 locali (GMT-5) del 29.01.2025 ovvero le 02:47 italiane (UTC+1) del 30.01.205 nei pressi dell’aeroporto Ronald Reagan di Washington tra un aereo Crj700 della Psa per conto di American Airlines (con a bordo 64 passeggeri) volo AA5342 decollato da Wichita e un elicottero militare Sikorsky H-60 (3 morti) in volo di addestramento. Dopo l’impatto i resti sono precipitati nel fiume Potomac. Bilancio definitivo: 67 morti.
CRONOLOGIA INVERSA
02.01.2025 – 01:00 – Informazioni e aggiornamenti
Full summary of 1 February NTSB briefing on the Washington DC crash is posted at https://t.co/6mUteGPQqv
Many updates today, but main points:
· ADS-B & FDR data indicates the CRJ was at 325 feet ± 25 feet at time of crash
· Helicopter recorder not yet read due to water… pic.twitter.com/hAcub8njBY— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) February 2, 2025
01.02.2025 – 16:00 – Aggiornamento di Sky news – (fonte e sotto testo in copia)
Black Hawk helicopter was on emergency evacuation trial run before Washington DC crash, officials say
A senior army chief defended the helicopter’s flight near a busy airport, pointing to the sensitive nature of its mission.
The Black Hawk helicopter which collided with a passenger plane above Washington DC was training for a hypothetical evacuation of US leaders at the time, according to US officials.
Three soldiers inside the military aircraft were killed as well as 64 people aboard the American Airlines jet.
A total of 42 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage in the Potomac River so far.
The US military named the third soldier killed in the crash on Saturday evening as Captain Rebecca M Lobach, of Durham, North Carolina. The army had previously identified two of the soldiers killed as Staff Sergeant Ryan Austin O’Hara and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves.
The scenario the helicopter crew was practising involved the evacuation of high-ranking US officials, Reuters reported.
An investigation into the cause of the catastrophe is ongoing.
It has emerged that the helicopter had been on a training flight along a route core to a seldom-discussed military mission – to evacuate senior officials to safety in the event of an attack on the US, officials say.
The mission is known as “continuity of government” and “continuity of operations” and is meant to preserve the ability of the government to operate in a disaster scenario.
New US defence secretary Pete Hegseth revealed the Black Hawk crew’s training mission on Thursday, saying they “were on a routine, annual re-training of night flights on a standard corridor for a continuity of government mission”.
The army has come under scrutiny for flying at night near a busy airport, but officials pointed to the sensitive nature of the operation.
30.01.2025 – 12:00 – Fonti locali confermano il ritrovamento e recupero di 30 corpi.
30.01.2025 – 11:00 – La conferma ufficiale che non ci sono superstiti.
30.01.2025 – 06:00 – Dalle immagini riprese da una webcam e messe in rete, si vede l’elicottero procedere velocemente in linea orizzontale e centrare lateralmente l’aereo che aveva avviato le procedure per l’atterraggio all’aeroporto Reagan di Arltington, in Virginia.
30.01.2025 – 02:47 – Scontro in volo alle 20:47 locali (GMT-5) del 29.01.2025 ovvero le 02:47 italiane (UTC+1) del 30.01.205 nei pressi dell’aeroporto Ronald Reagan di Washington tra un aereo Crj700 della Psa per conto di American Airlines (con a bordo 64 passeggeri) volo AA5342 decollato da Wichita e un elicottero militare Sikorsky H-60 (3 morti) in volo di addestramento. Dopo l’impatto i resti sono precipitati nel fiume Potomac.
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