Plane crash DCA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: It looked like the helicopter flew directly into the aircraft. Even if the helicopter had priority... a helicopter is infinitely mor maneuverable than a commercial jet. Military helicopter is at fault, right?

At this point, it's best to just take it all in and not make any judgements. Stop angling.

I'm the one posting twitter and video from other sites.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

The guy from the Real World replaced Pete Buttigieg?????!

Ugh, we are so screwed.

[Anonymous]

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Hope that some VIP did not pressure the pilot in some way…

Early days.

I had the same thought. That webcam video makes it look wild and reckless.

[Anonymous]

Shit, looks like no survivors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The water is barely above freezing, despite today's mild temperatures. People with shoes on and waterlogged clothes who need to get ashore have like 5 minutes before their bodies shut down from hypothermia.

When the truck went off the George Washington bridge a week ago, there were no survivors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: It looked like the helicopter flew directly into the aircraft. Even if the helicopter had priority... a helicopter is infinitely mor maneuverable than a commercial jet. Military helicopter is at fault, right?

Absolutely. All that, plus the plane was on a totally normal approach path to the DCA diagonal runway. Anyone with any experience in that airspace should know planes are very likely to be on that path, completely separate from what ATC is telling them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hope that some VIP did not pressure the pilot in some way…

Early days.

Do helicopters have black boxes like planes do?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Helpful comment from aviation Reddit:

To answer some questions that people have asked. CRJ was cleared to circle to land from runway 1 to runway 33 in DCA. Standard procedure. Helicopter was told to maintain visual separation and pass behind the CRJ by DCA ATC but obviously did not. The TCAS RA of the CRJ is inhibited below 1,000’ (only advisory’s given). The helicopter was on a standard route passing through DCA airspace but are usually given clearance through and to maintain visual separation from 121 aircraft.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:very important people on that plane from Wichita. This is very bad.

Everyone is important.

thats my point

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I really can’t bear to hear from the real world guy about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: It looked like the helicopter flew directly into the aircraft. Even if the helicopter had priority... a helicopter is infinitely mor maneuverable than a commercial jet. Military helicopter is at fault, right?

Absolutely. All that, plus the plane was on a totally normal approach path to the DCA diagonal runway. Anyone with any experience in that airspace should know planes are very likely to be on that path, completely separate from what ATC is telling them.

It's a very busy airport, there are planes approaching and taking off literally every few minutes. It's a constant stream of planes on that path.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My vote is incompetence. Not intentional.

Helicopter pilot?

Too soon to know. Could be them, or ATC. Seems the airplane approach should be fairly standard…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The helicopter clearly was where it shouldn't have been.

Truly sad for all involved.

Suspicious a chopper would accidentally fly directly into a plane like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Helpful comment from aviation Reddit:

To answer some questions that people have asked. CRJ was cleared to circle to land from runway 1 to runway 33 in DCA. Standard procedure. Helicopter was told to maintain visual separation and pass behind the CRJ by DCA ATC but obviously did not. The TCAS RA of the CRJ is inhibited below 1,000’ (only advisory’s given). The helicopter was on a standard route passing through DCA airspace but are usually given clearance through and to maintain visual separation from 121 aircraft.

That is starting to look like helicopter pilot error.