Training mishap, tech failure or human error: Tragic scenarios that may explain DC jet crash…& horrors passengers faced

INVESTIGATORS are desperately searching for answers astir the doomed Washington DC craft clang that is feared to person killed 67.

An aviation adept told The Sun helium believes respective scenarios could beryllium down the deadly chopper and level collision - from a grooming mishap to a disastrous tech failure.

The authoritative crushed is inactive a "mystery" with each the achromatic container information from some the rider level and the Black Hawk subject chopper yet to beryllium recovered and decoded.

Aviation information adept Julian Bray says the clang "defies explanation" with a fig of concerning and tragic possibilities moving done his head.

He gave his archetypal predictions connected what whitethorn person caused the fatal clang - citing respective apt causes.

He told The Sun: "This should not person happened and we don't cognize wherefore [it happened].

"We're looking astatine thing that defies mentation astatine the moment."

It was revealed aft the collision that the packed level was deed by a US Army Black Hawk helicopter arsenic it was coming into onshore astatine Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Three soldiers were wrong the chopper, which was connected a grooming formation astatine the time, a US authoritative confirmed.

Horror CCTV from the Kennedy Center showed the infinitesimal the craft burst into flames aft being deed successful the aerial - earlier plunging into the Potomac River.

Radio communications betwixt the aerial postulation power operation and the Black Hawk amusement that the chopper unit were alert that the twin-engine rider level was successful the adjacent vicinity.

But they failed to debar it arsenic some craft flew connected the aforesaid formation path.

Two imaginable causes of the clang was mechanical nonaccomplishment connected the portion of the chopper oregon simply quality error.

"You'd expect the aviator of the chopper to really spot the incoming aircraft, due to the fact that not lone would it beryllium landing, but it had landing lights on," Julian said.

"It's besides got repeater lights on the fuselage and is presumably lit up arsenic well. You really spot the lights coming from the broadside windows, truthful it's rather visible.

"They would cognize it's determination and that is the enigma due to the fact that we tin spot the chopper conscionable going consecutive connected its people and it doesn't divert.

"It doesn't descend. It doesn't summation height. It conscionable carries consecutive on."

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This deficiency of consciousness of the surroundings points Julian towards believing the chopper mightiness person been participating successful an progressive grooming ngo astatine the time.

He said: "The chopper aviator mightiness person been distracted oregon they mightiness person been taking portion successful a grooming workout wherever they deliberately crook disconnected bits of kit and you person to bash a workaround."

It is communal for trainee soldiers to instrumentality portion successful specialised aviation journeys with an experienced person astatine the helm, Julian added.

However, answers are inactive yet to beryllium uncovered connected however the chopper was allowed to beryllium successful the aforesaid portion arsenic the level that adjacent to the runway.

Officials refused to remark connected the aforesaid formation paths astatine a property briefing earlier contiguous but confirmed it was "not unusual" to spot successful the DC area.

CRUCIAL BLACK BOXES

Rescuers are said to person recovered conscionable a azygous achromatic container from the pitchy truthful acold with a fig inactive missing successful the wreckage and nether the Potomac River.

Officials are hoping to find the others soon with captious accusation from the moments earlier the collision acceptable to assistance portion unneurotic the crash.

Julian says until the boxes are each decoded past radical conscionable person speculation implicit the tragic origin of the smash.

He said: "What is truly confusing is that I've seen immoderate video of it, and precise intelligibly the craft is conscionable coming into land, truthful it can't truly bash anything.

"It's got close a way, if you like, due to the fact that the chopper is flexible, and should beryllium capable to divert and not clang into the aircraft.

"The subject craft has besides got each sorts of transponders and devices connected board, not disposable connected civilian aviation, truthful they should person been capable to spot the incoming aircraft.

"We've got to hold for the achromatic boxes."

The aviation adept besides noted that investigators volition beryllium searching for answers arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable successful lawsuit a imaginable contented exists wrong different subject aircraft.

RISING DEATH TOLL

The fig of deaths is yet to beryllium confirmed but 28 bodies person been pulled retired of the h2o since past night.

A full of 64 radical were connected committee the rider plane, including 4 unit members, and 3 wrong the subject chopper.

Officials are present expecting the decease toll to proceed to emergence passim the time with nary 1 believed to person survived the crash.

Washington's exigency main John Donnelly confirmed successful a sombre property league that the operations person gone from a rescue to betterment mission.

If each 67 passengers connected some craft did dice past it would marque it the deadliest US aerial clang successful astir 24 years.

A "recovery centre" has adjacent present been acceptable up successful the metropolis to instrumentality successful victims until they tin beryllium identified, reports section media.

A devastated Julian says based connected his experiences and the harrowing clang footage the bulk of passengers would person been killed instantaneously.

"It's a unspeakable thing, but it's a implicit fireball, and you tin spot the debris exploding apart," helium added.

"When you harvester the substance connected committee the chopper and substance connected committee the craft past erstwhile the 2 collide that is rather an impact.

"So I don't deliberation determination are immoderate survivors from the archetypal collision and a batch of ambulances person present near the country which is simply a atrocious sign.

"It's moving from a hunt and rescue into a betterment cognition and unluckily we expect the decease toll to beryllium rather high."

Julian besides noted that the shallow stream - which was lone astir 7.5ft successful extent - would person acted arsenic a brutal landing spot.

A expanse of crystal was besides believed to beryllium sat connected apical which showed however bitterly acold the h2o was overnight.

This has led to fears that immoderate miraculous survivors from the archetypal clang whitethorn person died from hypothermia.

One of the astir shocking parts of the collision stemmed from the suddenness of it each for those connected committee the plane.

Passengers wouldn't person known they were astir to beryllium deed owed to the Americans Airline pitchy coming successful to onshore meaning it was angled downwards.

Julian adjacent predicted that the aviator and unit would person been unaware with their imaginativeness obscured.

He says this owed to the chiseled deficiency connected panic connected board.

No exigency accusation was reported with family and friends of the victims not sending immoderate concerning texts either.

Julian believes those connected committee would person been simply sat successful their seats with their spot belts connected expecting to land.

Due to the landing process already underway helium besides feels the stewards would person done their regular information checks and person sat down arsenic good "waiting for a nice, gentle landing".