Experts tell The Post what may have caused the accident
WASHINGTON — A short runway and intersecting flight paths with precariously close altitude requirements may have played a role in Wednesday night’s deadly collision of an American Airlines plane and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport, experts told The Post.
Officials have not yet provided any causal information behind the crash — the deadliest aviation disaster in the US in more than two decades — but Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Thursday that the tragedy was “absolutely” preventable.
BREAKING: A preliminary FFA safety report reveals that staffing for the air traffic control tower was "not normal" at the time of the DC plane crash.
Understaffing reportedly led to only one aircraft controller managing both planes and helicopters, when those responsibilities… pic.twitter.com/X7vgvtzvmB
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