Plane crash DCA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump admin crumbling on week 2.

And yesterday they had to rescind their whole initiative to pause all Federal grants.

Such a clown show. But using our tax dollars and risking our family’s lives.

(But they will stop drag queens from reading books in library, that is assured 🙄)

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Anonymous wrote:This press conference might be the moment it all sinks in for me. We’re so f#%cked

💯. I was burying my head in the sand but this was brutal.

how many days of this sh!tshow left?

there's a countdown clock
https://logwork.com/countdown-h5o4

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Anonymous wrote:Trump admin crumbling on week 2.

Is he pissed media will focus on this and not on EOs? Of course.

OK, let's focus on his EO to cripple the FAA so Musk can launch rockets without safety checks.

And why not privatize more ATC to lowest bidder, too:

This seems like a true national emergency, no?

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard the pilot of the helicopter was a woman. Trump, Hegseth and MAGA are getting ready to ramp up their “I Told You So” tour.

You heard from Fox or maybe one of the MAGA nuts?

It is clearly a male voice from the radio.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r90Xw3tQC0I

Couldn't the person talking not have been the one flying the helicopter? There were three soldiers on the helicopter. This makes sense with Trump's DEI statements. Hegseth said in his statement that they know the identities of the soldiers on board. And, of course, this would play perfectly into Hegseth's claims that the military has gone to shit under Biden because it's no longer the best and brightest being promoted, etc., it's all based on DEI. He also claims that, under Biden, there's not enough time for military training in the field, etc. because they all had to constantly do DEI, sexual assault, etc. training. I REALLY hope the PP is wrong that the pilot of the helicopter was a woman, but I'm afraid that may be the case.

But, when Hegseth screws up (like now) nobody is blaming that on DEI.

Right, because Hegseth isn't a DEI hire. What is your point?

He certainly is.

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Anonymous wrote:If the helo was en route from Langley back to Ft. Belvoir, why did they follow the river at all? It's not remotely the most direct path, which would be over land.

The military helicopter was on an annual recertification training flight. They flew straight into the right rear of AA passenger airplane! They were at an unauthorized altitude at impact.
They should have seen the passenger airplane!

There is nothing the AA pilots could have done who were seconds away from touchdown! The AC controllers were talking to both aircraft. Helicopter said they saw the airplane, but they didn’t flying directly into it (with night vision goggles on per Hegseth).

That's not great. Night vision goggles typically have a narrow FOV. Even the better ones are only 120 degrees.

I wondered about this. Thanks for posting. And I was wondering (have no idea) if they make it harder to distinguish all the different lights they are seeing? Airport, bridge, buildings, monuments, other planes, etc.

Yes they do but flying at night below 400 feet around a very busy airport and bridges over water can be disorientating without night goggles. Planes take off and land at national every 2-3 minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:If the helo was en route from Langley back to Ft. Belvoir, why did they follow the river at all? It's not remotely the most direct path, which would be over land.

The military helicopter was on an annual recertification training flight. They flew straight into the right rear of AA passenger airplane! They were at an unauthorized altitude at impact.
They should have seen the passenger airplane!

There is nothing the AA pilots could have done who were seconds away from touchdown! The AC controllers were talking to both aircraft.

Helicopter said they saw the airplane, but they didn’t, flying directly into it (with night vision goggles on per Hegseth).

+1

Suicide? Mental issues?
Bad eyesight?
Navs broken?
Lack of focus?
Medical issue?
Mechanical issue?

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Anonymous wrote:Standards for pilots and ATC were reduced to lessen barriers for historically under represented minorities and women. And on the ATC side there have been an explosion of errors and near collisions. This is what the maga crowd is referring to. It’s not fair or at the core true - ATC issues are much deeper. But this is a perception in the aviation community, much of which leans right anyway.

Another MAGAT spewing nonsense. Standards reduced to hire women and minorities because women and minorities apparently are not as smart as white men. In recruiting these days, the least qualified applicants for many high level corporate jobs are often the white males.

This. What do we call "DEI" type hire white males that are put in office and in jobs without having the skills compared to others? There are so many.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Trump admin crumbling on week 2.

Is he pissed media will focus on this and not on EOs? Of course.

OK, let's focus on his EO to cripple the FAA so Musk can launch rockets without safety checks.

And why not privatize more ATC to lowest bidder, too:

This seems like a true national emergency, no?

Maybe the GOP cutting the FAA and ATC's isn't such a hot idea after all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just heard the pilot of the helicopter was a woman. Trump, Hegseth and MAGA are getting ready to ramp up their “I Told You So” tour.

You heard from Fox or maybe one of the MAGA nuts?

It is clearly a male voice from the radio.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r90Xw3tQC0I

Couldn't the person talking not have been the one flying the helicopter? There were three soldiers on the helicopter. This makes sense with Trump's DEI statements. Hegseth said in his statement that they know the identities of the soldiers on board. And, of course, this would play perfectly into Hegseth's claims that the military has gone to shit under Biden because it's no longer the best and brightest being promoted, etc., it's all based on DEI. He also claims that, under Biden, there's not enough time for military training in the field, etc. because they all had to constantly do DEI, sexual assault, etc. training. I REALLY hope the PP is wrong that the pilot of the helicopter was a woman, but I'm afraid that may be the case.

So what if it was a woman? Has a man never crashed a plane? The blame lies on DoD to be allowing ‘training flights’ at night right next to a very busy airport. I’m in McLean and the number of helicopters that have been going around the last three weeks has been very strange. Guess what? It has been awfully quiet today.

I don’t mind seeing the CV and qualifications of who flew their military helicopter into a landing commercial jet.

I’d welcome that info. Now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the helo was en route from Langley back to Ft. Belvoir, why did they follow the river at all? It's not remotely the most direct path, which would be over land.

The military helicopter was on an annual recertification training flight. They flew straight into the right rear of AA passenger airplane! They were at an unauthorized altitude at impact.
They should have seen the passenger airplane!

There is nothing the AA pilots could have done who were seconds away from touchdown! The AC controllers were talking to both aircraft.

Helicopter said they saw the airplane, but they didn’t, flying directly into it (with night vision goggles on per Hegseth).

+1

Suicide? Mental issues?
Bad eyesight?
Navs broken?
Lack of focus?
Medical issue?
Mechanical issue?

Asking the helo pilots if they saw 'a plane' is like asking a guy in the woods if he saw a tree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many kids died on that plane and all everyone's harping about is politics.
Disgusting.

Well, what you don’t seem to understand is that kids will keep dying UNTIL you focus on politics.

Why do you think firearms are the leading cause of death for children in this country? That is because of weak public policy. Not a lack of prayers or hug emoji’s.

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard the pilot of the helicopter was a woman. Trump, Hegseth and MAGA are getting ready to ramp up their “I Told You So” tour.

You heard from Fox or maybe one of the MAGA nuts?

It is clearly a male voice from the radio.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r90Xw3tQC0I

Man, the male helo pilot (or copilot) said at both ATC warnings that yes, they have visual separation and then went and crashed into the underside of the jet.

W T F.

They could have been watch another plane. It is in the video. Though he could have stopped. Helicopter can hover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just heard the pilot of the helicopter was a woman. Trump, Hegseth and MAGA are getting ready to ramp up their “I Told You So” tour.

You heard from Fox or maybe one of the MAGA nuts?

It is clearly a male voice from the radio.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r90Xw3tQC0I

Couldn't the person talking not have been the one flying the helicopter?

There were three soldiers on the helicopter. This makes sense with Trump's DEI statements.

Hegseth said in his statement that they know the identities of the soldiers on board. And, of course, this would play perfectly into Hegseth's claims that the military has gone to shit under Biden because it's no longer the best and brightest being promoted, etc., it's all based on DEI.

He also claims that, under Biden, there's not enough time for military training in the field, etc. because they all had to constantly do DEI, sexual assault, etc. training.

I REALLY hope the PP is wrong that the pilot of the helicopter was a woman, but I'm afraid that may be the case.

Once experience and quality of experience is disclosed, we’ll know if the pilots were well trained and tested or not. Or even mentally stable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the helo was en route from Langley back to Ft. Belvoir, why did they follow the river at all? It's not remotely the most direct path, which would be over land.

The military helicopter was on an annual recertification training flight. They flew straight into the right rear of AA passenger airplane! They were at an unauthorized altitude at impact.
They should have seen the passenger airplane!

There is nothing the AA pilots could have done who were seconds away from touchdown! The AC controllers were talking to both aircraft.

Helicopter said they saw the airplane, but they didn’t, flying directly into it (with night vision goggles on per Hegseth).

+1

Suicide? Mental issues?
Bad eyesight?
Navs broken?
Lack of focus?
Medical issue?
Mechanical issue?

Asking the helo pilots if they saw 'a plane' is like asking a guy in the woods if he saw a tree.

if that's the case they shouldn't be flying or be in the military. How has the US become so dumb?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please post links of the victims .. is there a list somewhere?

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