By james art 
Las Vegas (Klas) – an investigation into the devastating crash on Wednesday between an aircraft airplane and an army helicopter in Washington, Colombia County, but many are wondering about the role of air traffic control.
“I think this will be the center of focus,” aviation expert D Dan Bub told 8 news now on the National Transport Safety Council. “The Black Hawk helicopter pilot contacts air traffic control?”
Sources told CBS News that an air traffic controller is doing a job, which is usually done by two people when the crash happened at Reagan National Airport.
8 news already asked Dr. Bub if this could have contributed to the incident. He said he was unable to answer this question until more information was provided.
“I would encourage everyone to wait until we received the NTSB report,” said Dr Bube on Thursday. “They have access to the technology, the voice recorder of the cockpit, the black box.”
“We call it a flight recorder,” continued Dr. Bube. “And they will look well and do a forensic analysis to see what happened.”
In South Nevada, NTSB’s latest report on a deadly collision in the mid -air in 2022 was published this month.
On July 17, 2022, two planes-PA-46 and Cesssna 172N-are collided about a quarter of a mile from the end of the track in North Las Vegas when they both approached parallel runs, according to documents.
The report states that the air traffic controller used “bad judgment” when he did not observe the landings.
The documents claimed a pilot error as the main cause of the crash that killed four people, but also cited problems with the air traffic control staff, saying that “everyone was exhausted.”
Both cases were tragic and unexpected, Dr. Bib called the most recent incident in Washington, Colombia County and the 67 lives lost a devastating blow to the aviation community.
“It was rude,” he concluded. “Undoubtedly in this, our hearts come out to everyone.”
Dr. Bub told 8 News now the NTSB investigation into the Wednesday’s crash at Reagan National Airport may take 30 days to the year.