1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: More than forty bodies have been pulled from the wreckage 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,239 Speaker 1: after last night's plane crash in Washington, DC. One news correspondent, 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: Logan Church is with us for more high Logan Good evening. 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: Any more clues, I mean, there's talk about how many 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: people were on on roster at the time in the 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: air traffic control. Any more news on what might have 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: gone wrong here? 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 2: Well, that's the big question, isn't it. What exactly led 9 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: to this disaster which resulted in sixty seven people at 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: this stage effectively losing their lives, official saying they don't 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: expect for anyone to be pulled alive from the wreckage. 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 2: We know that sixty four people were on that American 13 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 2: Airlines flights which crashed into the river, and three people 14 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 2: were on the Blackhawk helicopter which crashed into that aircraft 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 2: while it was on descent to Reagan National Airport. And 16 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: at this stage ride more questions than answers we do. 17 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: We do know at this stage that the search and 18 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 2: rescue teams that have been scouring the river the Potomac 19 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 2: over the last twenty four hours, so many of them 20 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 2: have been withdrawn. The dive squads are no longer in 21 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 2: the river past of that is because there's now effectively 22 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,919 Speaker 2: no hope that anyone who might have survived the initial 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: impact into the river could have survived. I mean, I 24 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 2: was in Washington, DC a short time ago and the 25 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: part of that river was frozen over with ice, and 26 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 2: it's only a little bit more warmer now, So you know, 27 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 2: at this stage there's almost no hope for survivors. But 28 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,479 Speaker 2: there's really that big question now as to what exactly 29 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 2: when Tom. There have been reports here in America as 30 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 2: to what the staffing levels and air traffic control might 31 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 2: have been. That's nights. There have been reports here that 32 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 2: one controller was perhaps doing a two person job, and 33 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 2: also questions over the helicopter itself, whether they were flying 34 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: higher than what they should have, whether they saw the 35 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: right plane. We do know through recordings that were released 36 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: from air traffic control that there was communication between the 37 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 2: tower at Reagan National Airport and the helicompter and they 38 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: were warned abouts the aircraft. Maybe it was a case 39 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 2: of misidentification, but at this stage it certainly looks like 40 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: a tragic case of human era, and that will be 41 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 2: the focus of investigators over the next weeks, months, and 42 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 2: years as you mentioned the flight recorders in that plane 43 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 2: had been recovered this evening, and that could likely contain 44 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 2: vice or clues as to what might have gone wrong 45 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 2: in those final seconds before this devastating accident. 46 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: Do you know what did something happen the day before 47 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: in this to do with the same area. 48 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 2: Well, this is a very busy part of the country. 49 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 2: So Reagan National Airport is a very busy airport, right, 50 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: So it's an obviously in the nation's capital, very close 51 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 2: to the White House, near the Capitol Building and the 52 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 2: Pentagon as well. There's a lot of air traffic in 53 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 2: and now not just domestic aircraft, but also military aircraft 54 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 2: as well, as I said, the Pentagons nearby. And what's 55 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 2: interesting here is the flights routes that the helicopter was 56 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 2: taking down the Potmac River. That was a normal flight route, 57 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 2: a flight route for military aircraft and helicopters flying up 58 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: and down. So there was a really big question there 59 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 2: over what exactly happens. The airport it self shuts immediately 60 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 2: after the accident. That has reopened this evening. Of course, 61 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 2: many passengers they're feeling very nervous after what happened happens yesterday, 62 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 2: but as I said, certainly a lot more questions than 63 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: answers at this stage as to what exactly went wrong 64 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 2: here and what's been the worst aviation disaster in at 65 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 2: least the last few years here in America. 66 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: All Right, Logan, thank you for that. Logan Church One 67 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: News US correspondent with us. 68 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive. 69 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: Listen live to news Talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, 70 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.