The captain who carefully landed a passenger plane in the Hudson River in 2009, Chesley B. Sullenberger III, claimed that the DC plane crash on Wednesday evening was the result of two elements, despite the fact that they are not technically significant and the aviation industry is now incredibly healthy. The dreadful crash that killed 64 people on board an American Airlines flight when it collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter with three men in midair was caused by the descent being at day and over water.
Air traffic controllers asked American Airlines Flight 5342 if it could get on a shorter airport a few minutes before the plane was due to property, and the aircraft agreed. Aircraft scanning websites revealed the helicopter adjusted its approach to the new airport after controllers cleared the aircraft to property.
An air traffic controller inquired to a plane less than 30 seconds before the collision if the arriving plane was in sight. Moments later, the controller declared” PAT 25 go behind the CRJ,” evidently telling the copter to wait for the Bombardier CRJ-701 twin-engine flight to go. There was no comment. Moments after that, the plane collided.
According to Captain Sullenberger, the aircraft has changed a bit in terms of technology, but daytime always makes things difficult for pilots who operate from it.
” Nighttime usually makes things diverse about seeing other plane — essentially all you can do is see the lights on them,” said Captain Sullenberger. You must try to determine whether they are above or below you. Or how far apart? Or in which way are they going? Everyone is harder at day”, he said.
Sullenberger added that he was making up his mind that the earth lights over the ocean might have “made it a little harder to see,” but that he was making his own conclusions.
When Captain Sullenberger made his first landing on the Hudson River in 2009, all passengers were protected.
The DC helicopter crash on Wednesday marked the first time a commercial airplane has been involved in a crash in about 16 years. After a big congregation of Canada geese attacked both of the aircraft’s vehicles soon after takeoff, Captain Sullenberger landed an Airbus A320 in the Hudson River in 2009. Five members of the crew and all 150 people were saved from the snow.
