After the deadly crash between private jets and military helicopters, authorities are in a hurry to understand the cause of 67 deaths.
But Donald Trump is not waiting for evidence. On Thursday, the President was blamed for the Democratic Party member of the Federal Aviation Bureau, a former Secretary of Transport, a diversity, fairness, and a wrapping program.
He later acknowledged that there was no specific connection between DEI Initiative and the incident. Trump answered why he accused the Democratic Party and their policies: “I have common sense, unfortunately many people are not.”
It is unknown that Trump may have been done to prevent Crash and prevent it, despite the attempt to politically tragedy. Hopefully, a further investigation will give you an answer, but it takes time.
However, even before CRASH, there was a bigger question about the safety of the empty journey and the role of the government protecting it. Both are DCAs (DC regional airports where American flight flights were supposed to land) and nationwide.
Concerns about safety around DC Air Space and FAA staff
DCA is concentrated in crowded airspace where both commercial and military flights are operated. The airport is the busiest runway in the United States.
Last year, parliament voted to increase the number of daily flights taking off from DCA against warnings of some members of the Diet and aviation industry leaders.
Senator Tim Kane (D-Va.) Having pointed out that in May last year, there were almost mistakes in which two airplanes were dropped on the runway. “The more and more airplanes on the most busy runway in the United States only increase the possibility of important incidents,” he said.
Aside from concerns regarding congestion regulation in DCA, airlines have issued warnings on the serious shortage of FAA Air Controls nationwide. The shortage, at least, has been significantly reduced by the decrease in travel, and the new controller training program has been pending, so it goes back to the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, employment recovered, but the FAA still treated about 3,000 certified controllers as of May last year, including DCA.
This is due to a chronic lack of funding, which has been hindered by the update of aging facilities and technical systems. In fiscal 2024, the FAA budget was $ 19.8 billion, and the recognition of staff arrangements increased by almost 7 % year -on -year.
According to The New York Times, the DCA staff is usually lower than the normal level when a crash on Wednesday occurs, and usually two radio pilots fly a task divided between pilots and flight helicopters that fly airplanes. Only one controller was available.
However, it is not certain that any of these factors contributed to the crash until the investigator completely examined the black box of the airplane and reviewed the air traffic control communication. It is not clear whether the helicopter used for the annual training of the night flying was flying at the correct altitude when collided with an airplane or on the assigned flight route.
In short, it is too early for anyone, including the president, knowing this crash accurately and what to learn to make the sky more secure.
