The NTSB, in coordination with the U.S. Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage, recovered the aft fuselage, right engine and right pylon of the Bombardier CRJ700 on Monday, April 03. The recovery of the Bombardier CRJ700 is ongoing. The salvage team will recover the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk after that aircraft is recovered. FBI dive teams will recover smaller pieces of wreckage. The recovery of the Bombardier CRJ700 and the Black Hawk will take several days.
The NTSB investigative team has obtained training and flight records for both flight crews and maintenance records for both aircraft. The human performance group is constructing multiple daily logs for both flight crews to include their daily activities. The air traffic control group has completed interviews of all five tower positions.
NTSB investigators are working to synchronize data from both aircraft’s flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, ATC communications and radar scope data to obtain a detailed timeline. The Black Hawk’s flight data recorder did not have time stamps. Investigators will have to create time stamps manually, which requires additional time to validate.
B-roll of the investigation is available on the NTSB on YouTube
A preliminary report is expected within 30 days of the date of the accident. The preliminary report will contain factual information gathered during the initial phase of the investigation. A probable cause of the accident and any contributing factors will come in the final report, which is expected in 12 to 24 months.
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