The workers of the control tower were fulfilling double function when the Washington accident occurred

Chijioke Obinna

The workers of the control tower were fulfilling double function when the Washington accident occurred

The United States was used to yesterday with the terrifying news that a military helicopter had collided with a passenger plane on the Potomac River in Washington. After the collision, the remains of both aircraft precipitated over the icy waters of the river that passes through the US capital costing the lives of dozens of people. From the moment of the accident, there have been many theories that have ventured to deduce what would have happened so that a Black Hawk of the American army collaborated fatally with commercial flight of the American Airlines company.

The first hypotheses pointed to a human error. While the president of the United States, Donald Trump, directly accused the helicopter crew to cause the fatal outcome, Several official and communication media directed their eyes directly to the control tower of the Ronald Reagan National Airport of the capital.

An air controller, possible responsible

According to the New York Times, The cause of the accident would come due to lack of personnel in the Ronald Reagan airport control tower. As the American newspaper points out, The person in charge of the control tower personnel would have allowed one of the aerial drivers responsible for the space where the accident occurred leave before your job. Immediately, this decision caused one of his companions to take charge at the same time as airway for airplanes and helicopters, which are generally controlled separately. By having to take care of a single person of both roads, more devices than one generally responsible could control, both aerial media would have gotten into the trajectory of the other by not having received the orders on time.

At this time The causes for which the personnel of the control tower personnel allowed the other aerial controller to leave before.

Trump judges before knowing the evidence

Although the indications of the investigation that the emergency bodies are carrying out directly point to the control tower, the president of the United States, Donald Trump has chosen his own culprits. Shortly after the worst plane crash in the history of the United States, after the 11S, the American president said that everything seemed to point to the Black Hawk pilots as the main guilty of the fatal outcome.

Trump even dared to accuse his predecessors in office, Joe Biden and Barack Obama, from Promote diversity policies that allowed access to public positions to little qualified people or of null capabilities.

Chijioke Obinna

I've been passionate about storytelling and journalism since my early days growing up in Lagos. With a background in political science and years of experience in investigative reporting, I aim to bring nuanced perspectives to pressing global issues. Outside of writing, I enjoy exploring Nigeria’s vibrant cultural scene and mentoring young aspiring journalists.