Tragic aircraft accident in Washington: 67 dead after collision!

Tragic aircraft accident in Washington: 67 dead after collision!

Washington, D.C., USA - On Sunday it came near Washington, D.C. To a tragic aircraft accident, in which their lives lost their lives. In the following days, most of the 67 fatalities were recovered, such as NBC News reported. The machine's passengers included 14 elite ice skaters from the USA and Russia who returned from a competition in Wichita.

identity of the victims

In the ranks of the ancients, there were also six members of the Skating Club of Boston. The victims include:

• Jinna Han (athlete)
• Jin Han (mother of Jinna)
• Spencer Lane (athlete)
• Christine Lane (mother of Spencer)
• Vadim Naumov (trainer)
• Evgenia Shishkova (trainer)

In addition, up to 14 victims come from the community of Ashburn Ice House and Medstar Capitals Iceplex in Virginia, where they were active in figure skating. There are also three Russian citizens and two Chinese citizens among the dead.

rescue work and investigation

The rescue work was carried out carefully, as Francis B. Pera emphasized from the Pioneer Corps of the US Army. The relatives of the victims were able to commemorate the place of crash; Dozens of them took part in a memorial event on the banks of the Potomac River. The entire incident is considered the deadliest aircraft disaster in the United States since 2001. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has now initiated the examination of the accident and has already secured both the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data writer of the passenger plane. The black box of the military helicopter was also recovered.

The circumstances of the collision and the course of communication between the pilots and air traffic control are also intensively examined. So far there have been no signs of weather or communication problems at the time of the crash. The NTSB is the only authority that will determine the final cause of the accident, while the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the US military are also integrated into the investigation.

With this accident, the dangers in air traffic are again pointed out. According to Aerotelegraph This is the most serious misfortune of commercial aviation in the USA since 2009 and commemorates several serious incidents in the past that demanded high number of victims. In many ways, the tragedy will leave a lasting sign for the affected communities and the aviation industry.