Black Hawk pilots could not have heard a vital directive from air visitors management to fly behind the American Airways aircraft within the seconds earlier than it collided with the jet, the Nationwide Transportation Security Board mentioned Friday.
Seventeen seconds earlier than the lethal Jan. 29 crash, which killed all 67 folks aboard each flights, the Black Hawk was directed to go behind the passenger jet, NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy mentioned at a information convention.
“They might haven’t obtained the ‘go behind the’ as a result of they have been speaking with air visitors management,” Homendy defined.
The Black Hawk pilots possible “stepped on” the communication by urgent the mic in an try to speak again to air visitors management.
There was additionally an obvious discrepancy between two of the Military pilots about what altitude they have been flying at, in keeping with investigators.
At one level earlier than the collision, the helicopter’s pilot introduced that it was at 300 toes, however the teacher pilot mentioned the helicopter was at 400 toes, Homendy mentioned.
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