URobert A. Clifford, umsunguli kunye nomlingani ophezulu we-Clifford Law Offices, omele amaxhoba amaninzi esiganeko se-29 kaJanuwari esibandakanya i-helicopter ye-Army kunye ne-American Airlines yengingqi yejethi kufuphi ne-Reagan National Airport (DCA), ibonise isivumelwano kunye neemvakalelo zeBhodi yeSizwe yoKhuseleko lwezoThutho (NTSB) uSihlalo uJennifer Homendy.
Uthe, "Akwamkelekanga ukuba kuthathe intlekele eyakhokelela ekuphulukaneni nabantu abangama-67 ukujongana neenkxalabo zokhuseleko ekudala zijikeleze isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseReagan." Ukongeza, uClifford usebenza njengoMcebisi oKhokelayo kwityala eliqhubekayo kwiNkundla yeSithili e-Chicago malunga nokuwa kwendiza i-Boeing 737 MAX8 e-Ethiopia kwiminyaka emithandathu eyadlulayo.
Ngexesha lenkomfa yabezindaba namhlanje (ngoMatshi 11, 2025), uHomendy utyhile iziphumo zeNTSB zamva nje zokufumana iziphumo kwingxelo yokuqala. Ingxelo yayiquka iingcebiso ezingxamisekileyo zokhuseleko ezijoliswe kwi-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) malunga nokungqubana kwe-midair okwenzeka ngoJanuwari 29 phezu koMlambo wasePotomac.
UClifford uvakalise inkxalabo yakhe enzulu kunye nonxunguphalo kukutyhilwa kukaHomendy ubuncinane befowuni enye esondele kakhulu kwinyanga nganye ukusuka ngo-2011 ukuya ku-2024, okukhokelele kwiZilumkiso zeSisombululo seNkqubo yeTrafikhi (i-TCAS) (edla ngokubizwa ngokuba yi-“RA’s”) phakathi kweenqwelo-ntaka kunye neenqwelo-moya zorhwebo e-DCA. Waphawula ukuba ezi ngxelo zifikeleleke kwi-FAA kunye nabaqhubi abaninzi bezentengiselwano kwi-DCA kulo lonke eli xesha, kodwa i-FAA ayiphumelelanga ukuthatha inyathelo ukulungisa iimeko ezikhokelela ezi zinto zikufutshane.
U-Homendy ugxininise ukuba inkqubo ye-FAA ye-ASAP yokunika ingxelo yokuzithandela irekhode iimeko ze-15,214 zeziganeko ezikufutshane (ezichazwe ngaphantsi kwe-1 [400] ye-nautical miles yokwahlukana okuthe tye kunye neenyawo ezingaphantsi kwe-2021 yokwahlula okuthe nkqo) phakathi kweenqwelo-moya zorhwebo kunye neenqwelo-moya zomkhosi kwi-DCA ukusuka ngo-Oktobha ka-2024 ukuya kwi-data yakutshanje. I-NTSB ikhuphe iingcebiso ezingxamisekileyo zokhuseleko kwi-FAA, ikhuthaza ukuvinjelwa kwemisebenzi ye-helicopter kwi-Route 4 xa i-Runway 15/33 isetyenziswa kwi-DCA. UClifford uyavumelana nesi sindululo sokhuseleko, eqinisekisa ukuba sihambelana nesimo sakhe ukusukela oko kwehla ingozi.
“Iinqwelomoya kunye ne-FAA zithwele olona xanduva lokhuseleko loluntu olubhabhayo,” utshilo uClifford. “Olu mgangatho wokhuseleko kuyabonakala ukuba abakhweli be-AA/PSA Flight 5342 bebengenalo. Ngenxa yokutsalwa kweminxeba emininzi ebhalwe kwiReagan National Airport ukutyhubela iminyaka, kusisenzo sokungakhathali nokuswela isazela ukutyeshela ezi nkcukacha-manani ngaphezu kweminyaka eli-13. Iingcinga zethu zikwiintsapho eziphulukene nabantu ababathandayo kwingozi ebinokuthintelwa ngokucacileyo nenokuthi ithintelwe. ”
I-Clifford Law Offices, inkampani yomthetho ebalaseleyo yezomoya e-Chicago, yaba yeyokuqala ukufaka amabango etyala phambi kwe-FAA kunye noMkhosi wase-US ngoFebruwari 18, 2025, emva kontlitheko lwasemoyeni nge-29 kaJanuwari ebandakanya ijethi yengingqi ye-PSA eyayithwele abantu abangama-64 kunye nenqwelomoya yomkhosi ebandakanyeka kwimishini yoqeqesho enabaqhubi abathathu. Ukongeza, ii-Ofisi zoMthetho zeClifford zikhuphe iileta zogcino kwi-American Airlines, i-PSA ethwala ingingqi yayo, kunye neSikorsky Aircraft kunye ne-Collins Aerospace, ukuqinisekisa ukulondolozwa kwabo bonke ubungqina obunxulumene nesehlo sasemoyeni.
I-Clifford Law Offices ingenise i-"Form 95" egunyaziswe ngurhulumente, eyimfuneko ekufakeni amabango ngokuchasene ne-United States phantsi koMthetho waMabango e-Federal Tort Claims (FTCA) malunga nomonakalo wepropati, ukwenzakala komntu, okanye ukufa ngokungafanelekanga okubangelwa kukungakhathali okanye izenzo ezingalunganga zomqeshwa wobumbano ngelixa esebenza ngaphakathi kobubanzi bengqesho yabo. Amabango, afikelela kwi-250 yezigidi zeedola, ajoliswe kwii-arhente ezahlukeneyo zikarhulumente ezinokuthwala uxanduva. IBhodi yeSizwe yoKhuseleko lwezoThutho (NTSB) ibonise ukuba amanqanaba abasebenzi kwi-tower control control air (ATC) "ayiqhelekanga" ngexesha lokungqubana kwasebusuku, kwaye kwaphawulwa ukungaphumeleli konxibelelwano phakathi kwe-ATC kunye nenqwelomoya ebandakanyekayo. I-helicopter echaphazelekayo kweso siganeko yayisetyenziswa nguMkhosi kwaye yenziwa yiSikorsky Aircraft.
Urhulumente kufuneka aphendule kumabango kwisithuba seenyanga ezintandathu ukusuka kumhla wokufakwa kwefayile ngoFebruwari. Ukuba amabango anqatshelwe okanye angaqwalaselwanga kweli xesha, abamangali bagcina ilungelo lokuqalisa amatyala kwinkundla yesithili yomanyano kwiminyaka emibini elandelayo, apho ijaji iya kugweba, njengoko amatyala ejaji angavumelekanga kumatyala okubulala ngokungafanelekanga kurhulumente.
UClifford ubonakalise ukuba ucinga ngokuthatha amanyathelo asemthethweni ngokuchasene namanye amaqela, kubandakanya iAmerican Airlines kunye neSikorsky. Ukongeza, ii-Ofisi zoMthetho zaseClifford ziqalisile ngophando kumabango anokubakho okungahoywa ngabom ziinqwelo-moya, ngakumbi malunga neziganeko ezininzi eziphantse ziphuthelwe ezibandakanya iinqwelomoya zorhwebo kunye neehelikopta eziye zangahoywa kwindawo yomoya engqonge iSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseReagan. Iziphumo zakutsha nje ze-NTSB zomeleza iinkxalabo malunga nokungahoywa ngabom kwabaqhubi beenqwelomoya e-DCA ngokokhuseleko loluntu oluhambahambayo.
I-NTSB inoxanduva lokufumana unobangela onokubakho weengozi zeenqwelomoya.
