by Mish Shedlock, Mish Talk:
Yesterday, over 60 people died in a preventable plane crash.
No Survivors Expected
The Wall Street Journal reports No Survivors Expected After Plane Carrying 64 Collides With Black Hawk Helicopter Near D.C.
No survivors are expected to be found after a midair collision involving an American Airlines regional jet flying from Wichita, Kan., and a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The collision occurred moments before the jet was set to land, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River.
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Flight 5342, a Bombardier CRJ700, had 60 passengers and four crew members on board. The three troops on board the helicopter, a Sikorsky H-60, were conducting a training flight.
Rescue crews have recovered 28 bodies from the plane and one from the helicopter. Confirmation of the deaths of all on board would make the crash the most fatal aviation disaster on U.S. soil in 23 years.
Among the jet’s passengers were U.S. figure skaters, coaches and relatives returning from a training camp. Russian media said two former world champions—a married couple—were on board.
President Trump blamed diversity programs for the crash, without citing evidence, injecting a partisan note just after sounding a moment of unity and grieving.
The paths of the two aircraft took them along the Potomac River where they collided just before 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Urgent FAA Actions Are Needed to Modernize Aging Systems
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Air Traffic Control says Urgent FAA Actions Are Needed to Modernize Aging Systems
FAA had 64 ongoing investments aimed at modernizing 90 of the 105 unsustainable and potentially unsustainable systems; however, the agency has been slow to modernize the most critical and at-risk systems. Specifically, when considering age, sustainability ratings, operational impact level, and expected date of modernization for each system, as of May 2024, FAA had 17 systems that were especially concerning. The investments intended to modernize these systems were not planned to be completed for at least 6 years. In some cases, they were not to be completed for at least 10 years. In addition, FAA did not have ongoing investments associated with four of these critical systems.
A contributing factor to the lengthy implementation schedules is that FAA does not always ensure that investments are organized in manageable segments.
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