Why she reportedly disregarded Eaves’ instructions to turn left and why she allegedly failed to complete the visual separation are still unknown.
Katie Thomson, the deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration under former President Joe Biden, stated, “That night, multiple layers of safety precautions failed.”
Additionally, connections between the helicopter crew and air traffic controllers were said to have occasionally “cut out,” raising the possibility that important information was missed.
“I think what we’ll find in the end is that there were multiple things that, had any one of them changed, it could have well changed the outcome of that evening,” stated Brig. Gen. Matthew Braman,
The Army’s director of aviation.By early next year, the National Transportation Safety Board should release its final report outlining the crash’s reasons.X is the featured image credit.
