A expenses that would outlaw “non-essential” plane planes like the one that crashed on April 10 has been proposed by New Jersey and New York legislative people. The act comes at the same time as a citizen class requests an immediate ban from the government.
A national bill would outlaw holiday and another “non-essential” plane flights within a 20-mile diameter of the Statue of Liberty, about a month after a visitor helicopter plunged into the Hudson River near Jersey City, killing all six passengers.
The republican bill, which U.S. Reps. Rob Menendez (D-8th Ref. ) Beginning 60 days after it is signed into law, Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island ), Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan ), and Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan ).
The act exempts police, ambulances, disaster and emergency response, maintenance of equipment, and other aircraft planes deemed to be public good, including information media helicopters.
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau on May 21, a bi-state resident group called Prevent the Chop demanded an “immediate moratorium” on non-essential planes over the New York Metropolitan area.
At 3:15 p.m. on April 10, a visitor plane crashed into the Hudson River near Jersey City and descended into three parts in flight. A family of five from Spain who were in New York City as well as the captain were all killed in addition to the six passengers.
The National Transportation Safety Board is still conducting an investigation into the reason.
A visitor plane that was based in Kearny crashed while it was flying over Jersey City and Hoboken districts to achieve Manhattan.
The risks of having more than 100 of these airlines cross ideal over our eyes every day are obvious and need to be put an end to, according to Nick Wierda, a Jersey City resident and Stop the Chop part. We are pressing the federal government to do that, the only entity with true regulatory authority over our clouds.
The letter praised the Menendez costs and stated that” we respect and support the vital function of helicopters in health, law enforcement, military, and emergency procedures. We don’t want to see changes to the flight paths or regulations governing “essential aviation.”
Proposals calling on the Federal Aviation Administration to outlaw non-essential aircraft prospects over and near densely populated urban areas following the crash were passed by the Hoboken, Jersey City, and New York City authorities.
The FAA has authority over the country’s aircraft.
In response to the fatal collision between a military aircraft and a passenger jet that killed 67 people on January 29 in Washington, the FAA banned aircraft traffic from the hectic airspace close to Reagan Airport on March 14. Political flights, rules protection, and air ambulance flights were exempt from that restrictions.
In April, the FAA held a roundtable on aircraft health with safety experts, government representatives, and industry representatives, at which the Hudson River crash was brought up.
People in New York and New Jersey argued that the FAA should follow suit, citing congestion in the airspace and the security concerns of planes over densely populated areas.
This has been a significant quality of life issue for years, according to Melissa Elstein, head of Stop the Chop. We see several times northwest of 100 planes flying out of the Hudson and again in, skimming our buildings and shaking our homes, so tight you can see the passengers inside, on high-traffic times, typically on weekends when the weather is clear.
According to incident data, the mortality charge per 100, 000 hours of flight are the lowest since 2007, according to Bailey Wood, a spokeswoman for Vertical Aviation International, an organization of aircraft operators, planes, owners, and manufacturers.
The legislation, he said, is” as misguided as it is short-sighted as the upcoming era of vertical flight is about to begin in ways we only ever imagined.”
Advanced air mobility aircraft, such as those from Joby, Archer, Supernal, and others, will expand the existing helicopter industry, reducing travel time, easing congestion, and creating a new paradigm of accessible and sustainable transportation, Wood said.
In May 2023, Menendez wrote in a letter to Duffy in March that a total of 8, 848 flights passed over New York City land or water. A significant portion of these flights are non-essential. The Downtown Manhattan Heliport, Kearny Heliport, and Linden Airport are thought to be the destinations of 43 % of tours.
According to an FAA spokesperson, helicopters are subject to different minimum altitude restrictions than airplanes.
When flying over densely populated areas, aircraft must travel at least 1, 000 feet above the nearest obstacle. According to Rick Breitenfeldt, an FAA spokesperson, helicopter pilots must fly so they don’t pose a risk to people or property on the ground.
He claimed that helicopters typically fly over the New York and New Jersey areas using Visual Flight Rules (VFR ) and just outside of Class B airspace at Newark (airport ). “VFR pilots use the see-and-avoid method to fly their aircraft. The pilot of the helicopter is in charge of doing the neighborly flying.
However, residents who are familiar with the fly neighborly program claimed that because of the low altitudes they claimed to have observed, the program isn’t being followed.
According to Wierda, “people in the helicopter industry claim that they do everything possible to” fly neighborly. They “fly low and loudly without any consideration for our safety or sanity.”
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