Washington DC plane crash: Investigators recover flight data, cockpit voice recorders
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Washington DC plane crash: Investigators recover flight data, cockpit voice recorders

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While speaking to the local reporters, the US National Transportation Safety Board said that the recorders are the key component of determining the final moments and the circumstances that led to the tragic incident Emergency response teams including Washington, DC Fire and EMS, DC Police and others, assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. AFP The US National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday confirmed that they have recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the American Airlines’ CRJ700 plane, which collided with a military aircraft in Washington DC. The Wednesday crash occurred just before 9 pm when American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, attempted to land and collided in midair with the Black Hawk helicopter.

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