Plane crash DCA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t training exercises just mean “that’s all we will say and you will never know the truth?”

They obviously needed more training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Published almost exactly a year ago.

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[WASHINGTON D.C., JANUARY 25, 2024] – Despite what the facts make clear, reckless efforts to add more flights at the overburdened Reagan National Airport (DCA) will cause more delays and threaten passenger safety. Physically constrained by the Potomac River on one side and bustling neighborhoods and federal buildings on another, DCA tops the list of America’s 10 busiest commercial runways with no room to grow and accommodate any additional flights.

Today, DCA already serves nine million more passengers than it was designed to handle. More flights would put additional pressure on DCA’s main runway, as its second shorter runway is not designed to accommodate larger airplanes. Capacity constraints are further exasperated by ongoing runway rehabilitation projects at DCA which are expected to resume in the spring of 2024 and may impact certain flights to DCA.”


https://www.protectregionalairports.com/2024/01/26/dca-is-still-the-busiest-runway-in-the-nation/

Yep. This needs to stop asap. There have already been near collisions prior to this actual one. They need to start pulling back the # of flights. I’ll drive the extra 40 min to Dulles if my usual flight is eliminated for safety reasons

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They’re doing training flights over a heavily populated area around the busiest runway in the U.S.?

Doesn’t seem wise.

They do it all day every day. Spend some time on the Mt Vernon trail and you’ll see tons of helicopters - Army, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard all run helicopters up and down the river for training. Sometimes you’ll see a police helicopter (DC or Park Police) but they usually have a good reason to be there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rescue workers have located multiple passengers underwater still sitting in their seat. - scanner


Maybe ice cold water will save some. I'm hoping against hope.

Which scanner are people listening to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop worrying about your future flights, when DCA will open and centering your fear of flying in this tragedy. This is not about you. People are waiting to hear from their loved ones on the plane!

How horrific. I can’t even imagine. I truly have no words. Shame on that reporter for making him show his text messages at a time like this. This man is clearly in shock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop worrying about your future flights, when DCA will open and centering your fear of flying in this tragedy. This is not about you. People are waiting to hear from their loved ones on the plane!

That is so sad. My god

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rescue workers have located multiple passengers underwater still sitting in their seat. - scanner


Maybe ice cold water will save some. I'm hoping against hope.

Uh, no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I usually exhale once I can literally see the runway we are landing on.

There goes that. Guess I’ll keep holding my breath until we are at the gate. Poor souls.

I mean that wasn’t at all logical, that was just a thing you did for no good reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop worrying about your future flights, when DCA will open and centering your fear of flying in this tragedy. This is not about you. People are waiting to hear from their loved ones on the plane!

😭😭

[Anonymous]

If they were landing from the north rather than south, there would be less of a chance of crashing with a military helicopter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop worrying about your future flights, when DCA will open and centering your fear of flying in this tragedy. This is not about you. People are waiting to hear from their loved ones on the plane!

How horrific. I can’t even imagine. I truly have no words. Shame on that reporter for making him show his text messages at a time like this. This man is clearly in shock.

Agree, my stomach dropped when they asked him to show the text message. It’s almost like the reporter thought this guy was too calm and didn’t believe him, not realizing this guy is in shock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They’re doing training flights over a heavily populated area around the busiest runway in the U.S.?

Doesn’t seem wise.

They do it all day every day. Spend some time on the Mt Vernon trail and you’ll see tons of helicopters - Army, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard all run helicopters up and down the river for training. Sometimes you’ll see a police helicopter (DC or Park Police) but they usually have a good reason to be there.

Yep. I live in Arlington and drive to and from DC every day- right along and across the Potomac We have seen more helicopters than usual lately. Yesterday at 2:30pm we were driving in to pick up my kid and my husband noted the giant military helicopter - over head—bigger than what we usually see

Is this due to the new dipsh@ts running things?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody has any idea right now if the volume of flights at DCA has anything to do with this crash, and indeed it seems unlikely.

It would make a lot more sense to jump to that conclusion if there had been a runway collision or something. There will be helicopters crossing the river no matter what.

The volume of flights at DCA has been a problem for a long time and gotten lots of attention. But no fixes.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop worrying about your future flights, when DCA will open and centering your fear of flying in this tragedy. This is not about you. People are waiting to hear from their loved ones on the plane!

How horrific. I can’t even imagine. I truly have no words. Shame on that reporter for making him show his text messages at a time like this. This man is clearly in shock.

Agree, my stomach dropped when they asked him to show the text message. It’s almost like the reporter thought this guy was too calm and didn’t believe him, not realizing this guy is in shock.

Ghoulish reporter.

That poor poor husband.