(T)he low level helicopter routes have been in operation for decades – that area is one of the busiest aviation operation centers in the country, if not the world,
Everyone has to be on their game and follow instruction exactly,
Given the nature of our safety work, limited budget, and the ongoing investigation of the highest fatality, mass casualty aviation accident since 9/11, ... we need each and every position represented at our agency in order for us to successfully carry out our mission critical work.”
It’s not like we have an easy time finding people,
Think of it as putting on a dive mask. It essentially blocks your peripheral vision and you lose that field of vision,
The military goes by the philosophy that you train as you fight,
We just repositioned and landed in the traffic circle of 395, which had been closed by that point,
It's 100 percent operational today. There's a team of maybe 100 personnel inside Raven Rock right now, ready to pick up the pieces of the US government,
The battalion helped transport some senior leaders out of Washington, DC to 'hide sites,'
An employer's decision to broaden the pool of potential applicants between rounds of hiring is not a personnel action cognizable under Title VII.
They do need to be able to understand the environment, the air traffic, the routes, to ensure the safe travel of our senior leaders throughout our government,
Some of their mission is to support the Department of Defense if something really bad happens in this area, and we need to move our senior leaders,
Today’s decision will immediately help secure the airspace near Reagan Airport, ensuring the safety of airplane and helicopter traffic,
We know that air traffic control confirmed with the helicopter crew that they had visual contact with the plane. Controllers then instructed the helicopter to move behind the plane,
Flight 5342 was initially scheduled to land on Runway 1 at Reagan but was redirected to Runway 33, ... Meanwhile, the helicopter was traveling along Route 1 before being shifted to Route 4.
The Black Hawk helicopter had a transponder, so it was appearing on radar. It did not have technology called ADS-B, which is technology that pings the location of an aircraft, and it does so using GPS rather than radar,
They had to circle back around because there was a helicopter in the flight path,
I understand some people have associated me with the crash in D.C., and that is false,
Chris’ kindness and compassion extended to everyone, whether you were a family member, friend, or one of the many strangers he connected with during his outdoor adventures,
The NTSB is an independent, bipartisan board - 58 years as the gold standard. Our job is to find the facts, but more importantly, our job is to make sure this tragedy doesn't happen again, regardless of what anyone may be saying,