Robert A. Clifford, woyambitsa ndi mnzake wamkulu wa Clifford Law Offices, amene akuimira anthu angapo ozunzidwa pa January 29 chochitika chokhudza Army helikopita ndi American Airlines dera ndege pafupi Reagan National Airport (DCA), anasonyeza kuvomereza ndi maganizo a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Mpando Jennifer Homendy.
Anatinso, "Ndizosavomerezeka kuti zidatenga tsoka lomwe lidachititsa kuti anthu 67 afa kuti athetsere nkhawa zachitetezo zomwe zakhala zikuzungulira Reagan National Airport." Kuphatikiza apo, Clifford ndi Phungu Wotsogola pamilandu yomwe ikupitilira ku Khothi Lachigawo ku Chicago okhudza kuwonongeka kwa ndege ya Boeing 737 MAX8 ku Ethiopia zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazo.
Pamsonkhano wa atolankhani lero (Marichi 11, 2025), Homendy adawulula zotsatira zaposachedwa za NTSB mu lipoti loyambirira. Lipotilo lidaphatikizanso malangizo achitetezo omwe adaperekedwa ku Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) zokhudzana ndi kugunda kwa mphepo komwe kunachitika pa Januware 29 pamtsinje wa Potomac.
Clifford adawonetsa kukhudzidwa kwake kwakukulu komanso kukhumudwa ndi kuwulula kwa Homendy kwa pafupifupi kuyimba kumodzi kwapafupi kwambiri mwezi uliwonse kuyambira 2011 mpaka 2024, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Traffic Collision and Avoidance System (TCAS) Resolution Alerts (yomwe imatchedwa "RA's") pakati pa ma helikoputala ndi ndege zamalonda ku DCA. Adanenanso kuti malipoti awa anali ofikirika ku FAA komanso kwa anthu ambiri ogulitsa malonda ku DCA munthawi yonseyi, komabe FAA idalephera kuchitapo kanthu kuti akonze zomwe zidapangitsa kuti izi ziphonye.
Homendy adawonetsa kuti FAA's ASAP yopereka malipoti mwaufulu idalemba zochitika 15,214 za zochitika zoyandikira (zomwe zimatanthauzidwa ngati zosakwana [1] mtunda wamtunda wamtunda wolekanitsa komanso kupatukana kopitilira 400) pakati pa ndege zamalonda ndi ma helikoputala ankhondo ku DCA kuyambira Okutobala 2021 mpaka Disembala 2024. NTSB yapereka malangizo achitetezo mwachangu ku FAA, kulimbikitsa kuletsa ntchito za helikopita pa Route 4 pomwe Runway 15/33 ikugwiritsidwa ntchito ku DCA. Clifford amagwirizana ndi malingaliro achitetezo awa, kutsimikizira kuti akugwirizana ndi momwe adakhalira kuyambira pomwe ngoziyo idachitika.
"Ndege ndi FAA zili ndi udindo waukulu woteteza anthu owuluka," adatero Clifford. “N'zoonekeratu kuti anthu amene anakwera ndege ya AA/PSA Flight 5342 sanapeze chitetezo chotere. Poona kuti kwa zaka zopitirira 13 anthu akhala akuimbira foni pabwalo la ndege la Reagan National Airport kwa zaka zoposa XNUMX. Malingaliro athu ali ndi mabanja omwe adataya okondedwa awo pangozi yomwe inali yotheka kupeŵeka ndipo ikadatha kupeŵedwa. "
Clifford Law Offices, kampani yodziwika bwino yazamalamulo ku Chicago, inali yoyamba kusuma mlandu wa FAA ndi Asitikali aku US pa February 18, 2025, kutsatira kugunda kwapakati pa Januware 29 komwe kunakhudza ndege ya PSA yonyamula anthu 64 ndi helikoputala yankhondo yomwe imagwira ntchito yophunzitsa ndi oyendetsa ndege atatu. Kuphatikiza apo, Clifford Law Offices yapereka makalata otetezedwa ku American Airlines, PSA yonyamula madera ake, komanso Sikorsky Aircraft ndi Collins Aerospace, kuti awonetsetse kuti umboni wonse wokhudzana ndi zomwe zidachitika pamlengalenga.
Clifford Law Offices yapereka "Fomu 95" yovomerezedwa ndi boma, yomwe ndiyofunikira kuti akasulire madandaulo ku United States pansi pa Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) yokhudzana ndi kuwonongeka kwa katundu, kuvulala, kapena imfa yolakwika yomwe akuti idabwera chifukwa cha kusasamala kapena zolakwika za wogwira ntchito m'boma pomwe akugwira ntchito yawo. Zonenazo, zomwe ndi $250 miliyoni, zimaperekedwa ku mabungwe osiyanasiyana aboma omwe angakhale ndi udindo. Bungwe la National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) lawonetsa kuti kuchuluka kwa ogwira ntchito munsanja yoyang'anira ndege (ATC) "sinali yachilendo" pakagundana usiku, ndipo panali kulephera kwa kulumikizana pakati pa ATC ndi ndege zomwe zidakhudzidwa. Helikopita yomwe idakhudzidwa ndi nkhaniyi idayendetsedwa ndi Asitikali ndipo idapangidwa ndi Sikorsky Aircraft.
Boma likuyenera kuyankha zodandaulazo mkati mwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kuyambira tsiku lolemba mu February. Ngati zonenazo zikana kapena kusayankhidwa mkati mwa nthawiyi, odandaula amakhalabe ndi ufulu woyambitsa milandu kukhothi lachigawo cha federal mkati mwa zaka ziwiri zotsatira, zomwe woweruza adzapereka chiweruzo, chifukwa milandu ya jury saloledwa pa milandu ya imfa yolakwika ndi boma.
Clifford adanenanso kuti akuganiziranso zotsutsana ndi zipani zina, kuphatikiza American Airlines ndi Sikorsky. Kuphatikiza apo, Clifford Law Offices yayambanso kufufuza zomwe zinganene kuti ndege zanyalanyazidwa mwadala, makamaka zokhudzana ndi zochitika zambiri zomwe zatsala pang'ono kuphonya zokhudzana ndi ndege zamalonda ndi ma helikoputala omwe sananyalanyazidwe mumlengalenga wozungulira Reagan National Airport. Zomwe apeza posachedwa ndi NTSB zikulimbitsa nkhawa za kunyalanyaza mwadala kwa oyendetsa ndege ku DCA potengera chitetezo cha anthu oyenda.
NTSB ndiyomwe ili ndi udindo wopeza chomwe chingayambitse ngozi zandege.
