Crash in the United States: the control tower did not have the “normal” workforce, according to several media

At the time of the air disaster above the American capital and which killed 67 on Wednesday evening, the staff of the control tower of Ronald-Reagan in Washington were “not” at their “normal “, According to media on Thursday.

This workforce of air controllers, in particular “was not normal for this hour of the day and this volume of traffic”, criticized in a preliminary report the American aviation regulator (FAA) first quoted by the New York Times then by NBC News about this collision between an airliner and a military helicopter.

“Typically assigned two controllers” functions

“The controller who took care of the helicopters in the airport area on Wednesday evening also gave instructions to the planes that landed and took off the tracks,” continues the report. “These functions are typically assigned to two controllers, rather than one,” criticizes the FAA.

This river water Washington and marks the border between the Federal capital and the state of Virginia where Ronald-Reagan airport is located, also called DCA, in a region where air traffic and helicopter traffic is extremely important