’20 went missing for 20 seconds’: US Army on Black Hawk lost contact with air traffic controllers near Pentagon

The United States Army has revealed that the Pentagon lost contact with military air traffic controllers earlier this month had an army helicopter, radar for about 20 seconds.As a result, two commercial jets, which were about to land at Ronald Reagan Airport in Washington, were forced to cancel the landing. The incident occurred on 1 May.“Handlers lost contact with Black Hawk as a temporary control tower antenna was not installed at one location, where it would be able to maintain contact with the helicopter as it scored to least flying and scored to land Pentagon. The antenna was installed during the construction of a new control tower and now taken to the roof of the Pentagon. “Federal air traffic controllers inside the Washington Airport also did not have a good fix at the place of helicopter. Black Hawk was transmitting data that they should have been given their accurate place. FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) officials told me last week that the controller was getting many feeds and figures received from the sensor last week.In preliminary reporting on canceled landing, an FAA official suggested that Black Hawk was on a “scenic route”.However, the US Army data shows that the crew stated close to its approved flight path, “Root to the I-395 highway corridor directly 5.” Also called, also known as “root 5”. Chopper scored a goal to the US Department of Defense Department at Washington DC.FAA Air Traffic Controllers at Ronald Reagan Airport later canceled the Landing of Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 and a Republic Airways Embrace E170.In January, after a deadly middle wind collision between a passenger jet and an army helicopter, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near the Washington National Airport to generally rejected a continuous call between government helicopters and commercial airplanes, in which 67 people were killed.In March, the aviation authority permanently banned the chopper from flying on the route where the collision occurred. After the May 1 incident, the US Army stopped all flights from Pentagon as it works with FAA to address safety issues.