Plane crash DCA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congress approved additional flights at DCA last year, over the protests of the locals. I hope they reduce the number now and enforce stricter regulations for all these helicopters.

Seems like an annual tradition that Congress approves more and more flights. Enough is enough. Time to cut back.

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Anonymous wrote:listening to scanner just heard command officer say if they dont find any survivors soon he is going to start releasing some of the medic respondents...truly tragic

can you please send a link to the scanner.

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Anonymous wrote:So I’m supposed to fly out on Friday. How long do you think DCA will be shut down?

This is such an awful event. I’m in such disbelief

No. One. Knows. Literally no one.

Except apparently the poster right above you. lol sorry but the timing was something. Looks like til 5 am Friday but posters I think it is understandably rubbing people the wrong way when you are posting about your trips and flying out when this happened mere hours ago and there was such massive loss of life. Google, wait and let the dust settle rather than ask here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Flightradar24 was showing the helicopter flying circles near the airport before the crash.

No that was a different copter. The one here took off right near the American Legion Bridge and flew straight down the river.

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The chatter and conspiracy theories about this are going to be like TWA 800 on steroids.

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Anonymous wrote:Flightradar24 was showing the helicopter flying circles near the airport before the crash.

No that was a different copter. The one here took off right near the American Legion Bridge and flew straight down the river.

Got it. Thx.

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https://bsky.app/profile/jacksheriff.bsky.social/post/3lgwm6jkfv22f

I think that the less common approach to the diagonal runway (runway 33/4) might have played a part. The plane they hit would have been to their left, over Bolling AFB in Southwest DC. The plane further away, coming in for the main runway (runway 1/19, which runs north-south), would have been right over the river, probably straight ahead. They might have thought they were supposed to look out for that plane and not the closer one on their left.

[Anonymous]

An expert on CNN just said Runway 1 at DCA is the busiest runway in the United States.

That sounds like a challenging place to be an ATC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So I’m supposed to fly out on Friday. How long do you think DCA will be shut down?

This is such an awful event. I’m in such disbelief

No. One. Knows. Literally no one.

Except apparently the poster right above you. lol sorry but the timing was something. Looks like til 5 am Friday but posters I think it is understandably rubbing people the wrong way when you are posting about your trips and flying out when this happened mere hours ago and there was such massive loss of life. Google, wait and let the dust settle rather than ask here

Even that is an estimate. No one knows. And really poor form.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://bsky.app/profile/jacksheriff.bsky.social/post/3lgwm6jkfv22f

I think that the less common approach to the diagonal runway (runway 33/4) might have played a part. The plane they hit would have been to their left, over Bolling AFB in Southwest DC. The plane further away, coming in for the main runway (runway 1/19, which runs north-south), would have been right over the river, probably straight ahead. They might have thought they were supposed to look out for that plane and not the closer one on their left.

You might be on to something.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So I’m supposed to fly out on Friday. How long do you think DCA will be shut down?

This is such an awful event. I’m in such disbelief

Sorry for non-constructive reply, but I hope forever.
Having airport and constant helicopter flights so close to each other and right in the middle of residential areas is dangerous and inhumane.

Don’t hold your breath. IAD and BWI haven’t the bandwidth to absorb.

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Anonymous wrote:This is so tragic, how does something like this happen in 2025
this is why flying cars will never be a thing

Trump fkg with Feds and people snapping and making errors—air traffic controllers.

Congressmen making National run more flights when they are already way over capacity.

The helicopter route is underneath the plane routes.

Federal employees have been under stress for about a week and a half and have been literally receiving threatening memos and messages every evening for close to a week

No one will be able to prove this mattered…but it well could have been a distraction it source of stress (lack of sleep, etc).

Many Federal employees have jobs that impact you and your family’s health.

Don’t believe the rhetoric that they are the enemy, wasting your tax dollars!

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Anonymous wrote:There’s audio from the ATC telling the helicopter to get distance from the plane.

I've listened to it. Then, you hear the ATC scream.

Can I have a link or a idea of where to find this?

Try this. The link is down sometimes. Lots of people listening.

https://archive.liveatc.net/kdca/KDCA1-Twr-Jan-30-2025-0130Z.mp3

DP. At what point on this recording does the crash occur?

I just heard it around the 18:00 mark.