Black cabinets with flight data and voice recordings from the cockpit pilot from a commercial planethat collided from a military helicopter on Wednesday in Washington and collapsed into the Potomac River, appeared on Thursday in the wreck of the machine. TASR reports according to AP and AFP.
Sources close to an accident investigation for CBS and ABC News have confirmed that Black cabinets picked up from the wreck of a commercial machine operated by the subsidiary of the American Airlines and will be reviewed by the National Safety Authority (NTSB), which, together with the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), participates in the investigation.
The crash did not survive any of the 67 passengers on the decks of both machines, that collided just before landing at Ronald Reagan Airport. The airport is located near the center of Washington, the White House and Pentagon, recalls AFP. The airy space of this airport is extremely busy and in the area almost continuously moving civilian and military aircraft.
NTSB said on Thursday that It will not determine the cause of the accident or speculate about it until the investigation is finished.
Chinese state media, referring to the Chinese Embassy in the US, at the same time on Friday stated that There were also two Chinese citizens on board the crashed machine.
On board a commercial plane were also American figure skaters with their coaches, as well as former Russian representatives and world champions from 1994 Yevgeny Siškovová and Vadim Naumov. The Kremlin confirmed on Thursday that On board a crashed plane were Russian citizens and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and their friends.
According to AP agency from the icy waters of the Potomac River So far managed to pull out 28 bodies.
