An audio of the airport traffic control Ronald Reagan collects the moment in which A controller calls the authorities To inform the terrible collision that took place this morning between a plane with 64 people on board and a Black Hawk military helicopter in which three soldiers were traveling.
“I was in the middle of the river [Potomac]. I saw a large fireball and then disappeared. I would say that they have crashed about 800 meters from the approach route to track 33 “of the airport, says the woman.
According to another audio to which Associated Press has had access, 30 seconds before the plane stars with the helicopter a air traffic controller He tried to communicate with Black Hawk pilot Through a radio call, but nobody answered. “Pat 25 [helicóptero] passes behind the CRJ [avión]”says the worker.
The remains of both aircraft They have fallen to the Potomac Riverwhere the troops are focusing the rescue work. However, the chances of finding someone alive are very scarce.
Although someone has survived the clash, they have to face the temperature of the river, which currently 1 ºC marks. According to experts, in these conditions a person would not endure alive in the water for more than 20 minutes. The Fox chain has indicated that in the river the plane is located in two, as well as the helicopter, which is under the water upside down.
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