The NYT report contains errors before the crash of flight 5342

Wichita, Kan. (Kwch) – A report on the weekend from the New York Times emphasized critical mistakes and technology errors, which may have led to the accident in January between flight 5342 by Wichita and an army helicopter in Washington, DC.

The report received traction over the weekend and has no groundbreaking information in connection with the examination, but highlight the most important areas of the results of the National Transportation Safety Board.

We know that at the time the army's helicopters crashed, we were on a training mission. The NYT said the pilot trained in a scenario in which the helicopter gets out of the Washington in the event of an attack from Washington. Due to the secret nature of such a mission, the technology on the helicopter, which enables air traffic control, became better followed.

During a hearing from the Senate, the NTSB said that the aircraft's ability to see the helicopter could possibly have impaired.

“(The technology) broadcasts wide, length, height and speed once per second,” said the chairman of NTSB, Jennifer Homendy. “It updates once per second compared to 4-6 seconds to radar, which is important for convergent aircraft.”

The Federal Aviation Administration has made changes to the airspace, including the limitation of helicopter traffic around Reagan Airport in DC and switching on the tracking technology, with the exception of the active national security missions.

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