Data from the deadliest U.S. air accident show conflicting altitude readings

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Preliminary data from the deadliest U.S. aviation accident in nearly 25 years showed conflicting readings about the altitudes of an airliner and Army helicopter when they collided near Reagan National Airport in Washington, killing everyone aboard both aircraft, investigators said Saturday. (Video courtesy of US Network Pool)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/2/data-from-the-deadliest-u-s-air-accident-show-conflicting-altitude-readings  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00You know, whenever we began our first press conference, I guess two or three days ago,

00:09we gave the condolences to the 67 families of the 67 victims in this accident.

00:16And tonight, we also need to give the condolences to yet another set of individuals due to the

00:22Philadelphia crash.

00:24Our hearts go out to all of them.

00:26Nobody should suffer this much tragedy, no matter what time frame in between it.

00:32But know this, we will find out what happened in both of those accidents.

00:37We will make recommendations.

00:40We will attempt to never have to deal with those type of accidents again.

00:45Now we're going to talk a little bit about altitude.

00:48And I'm going to preface this, and we're going to try to work through your questions.

00:52But I want to be very clear.

00:55Our team has had some internal debate on releasing one part of this.

01:00And whenever I explain it, I hope you will understand why.

01:05When we received the recorders from the CRJ, we were able to define an altitude of where

01:12it was very close to the time of impact.

01:16That is a data point we feel very comfortable with.

01:21We also have an initial set of information in regard to what was being seen on the cab

01:27in the control tower.

01:31We have not finalized that and need to get more granularity to it.

01:35And we currently don't have the readout from the Blackhawk.

01:40As previously stated, we know that the FDR and data provided indicated that the CRJ was

01:48at 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet.

01:53We also, initial preliminary data right now indicates that on the tower's radar scope

02:05that was available to the controller, initial data indicates that that would, indicates

02:11that he may have seen 200 feet.

02:14That needs to be verified.

02:16Our ATC group is working it.

02:18We will have more data available, but those are the initial indications.

02:23Our team is looking into that, but I think it's important to note that this is a complex

02:31investigation.

02:33There's a lot of pieces here.

02:34Our team is working very hard to gather this data, make sure we, as Member Inman has said,

02:42understand why this happened.

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