Plane crash DCA?

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Anonymous wrote:From the Fairfax county property site, it looks like it might of taken off from here:

SAUDIA ARABIA ROYAL EMBASSY OF

811 LAWTON ST

Lol

Why lol? Nothing funny at all.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't with this moron.

"We had the highest standards when I was in office. They changed it all. Biden changed it and made it worse and look what happens."

"The helicopter could have stopped. It could have turned. Veered."

Please, some reporter ask what roll HIS cuts and firings played in this. HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE.

Media won’t do that. Too much financial blowback.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m so confused re DEI. Probably the ATC and the pilots were white? Had anyone said differently?

I can't believe Trump and Vance are bringing up DEI this early in the tragedy and moreso when we don't even know who was at fault yet - the ATC or the pilots?
And were they DEI hires?

Totally crass!

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JFC the secretaries of transportation and defense and vp are all starting their part of the press conference kissing trumps a** re his amazing leadership first and foremost. Defense sec just basically blamed DEI for probably not having the best and the brightest this time around and that it wouldn’t happen again. These people.

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Anonymous wrote:The water is below freezing. A doctor said 30 minutes is longest they could last. I hope I am wrong.

You are wrong. The water is a few degrees above freezing. Otherwise, it would be ice. Doesn't matter though. They died during the tremendous acceleration forces in the collision.

It was stated at 30 degrees and you are calling the doctor wrong. I just posted what he said. But of course you would know better.

A doctor is not a meteorologist.

https://seatemperature.info/washington-dc-water-temperature.html

35.6F. The Potomac is not "briny" in anyway. If it's liquid, it's above 32F. Please don't ignore The Science(TM).

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Anonymous wrote:There’s zero reason for so many helicopters in DC, let alone “training flights.” They fly too low over residential areas and seem to just be doing it as a lark. They should train elsewhere.

Not so sure about the so called training.
I thought they delivered VIPs to CIA, no?

Yes, they dropped the VIP(s?) off at Langley and then a less experienced pilot took the controls for "training hours" for the flight back. They are very much trying to hide that the reason the helicopter was there at all was because some faux-VIP wanted to skip traffic.

If you know this, report it anonymously to the NTSB

It’s in the public flight record that the helicopter originated from the area near Langley.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a97753,ae313d

Did the helicopter take off from a neighborhood in McLean because that is what the attachment shows? If so WTF, and clearly not an annual training like they are saying.

Yes. It took off from the backyard of a home owned by a Saudi National.

I just saw this too. 811 Lawton Street. Does not seem like a training mission. At all.

That can't be right. The lot is less than 2 acres, no room for a helicopter to take off.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m so confused re DEI. Probably the ATC and the pilots were white? Had anyone said differently?

No one has the profiles of the pilots, atc or anyone released yet.

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He’s blaming it on DEI. This is scary.

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Anonymous wrote:Transportation secretary and defense secretary took the opportunity to suck up to Trump, praising him for his leadership.

Every single media outlet needs to say that Trump’s response was outrageous and alarming. He’s not fit for office. I despise Biden and fully believe that he could have expressed real sympathy, offered reassurance, and committed to a full investigation.

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Anonymous wrote:From the Fairfax county property site, it looks like it might of taken off from here:

SAUDIA ARABIA ROYAL EMBASSY OF

811 LAWTON ST

Lol

Why lol? Nothing funny at all.

No black hawks are ever landing and taking off from the embassy property.

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Anonymous wrote:I called it right after the election:

Trump will blame everything bad that happens on Biden.

He'll get to do that for 2 years and then when the seats flip during the midterms and the Dems get power back, his excuse will flip to "I can't do anything b/c the Dems won't play ball. They won't work with me. Selfish people."

OMG and he's on TV blathering about how it all happened as if he knows and is an expert and it in the process of fixing all the problems. God help us.

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Anonymous wrote:JFC the secretaries of transportation and defense and vp are all starting their part of the press conference kissing trumps a** re his amazing leadership first and foremost. Defense sec just basically blamed DEI for probably not having the best and the brightest this time around and that it wouldn’t happen again. These people.

This is sickening.
Oh, don’t forget it’s Obama’s fault.
Why the hell is the orange one taking questions? He knows nothing.

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So Trump
Knows the identity of the pilot of course. Must not be a white male.
What an embarassment.

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Anonymous wrote:➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!

So they sabotaged it? I doubt that very much. I have a higher opinion of FAA employees than you do.

Not sabotage. Stress.

Remember that one of Trump’s people said their goal was to “traumatize federal employees.”

Was this actually an ATC error? I thought it was mainly the helicopter error.

No one knows yet.

To me, it does look like some element of ATC error. It clearly was not communicating to both the helicopter and the airplane that they were headed straight for each other and need to take action.

That’s not true, the tower clearly advised the helicopter about the traffic, which plane it was and where it was going. Then they confirm visual separation. Then they actually do see it and tell the helicopter to go behind the plane. I don’t think there’s any way from what we could hear that the tower would anticipate the helicopter flying into the plane, but obviously we have limited info. But the tower does contact the helicopter before the crash.

It’s also amazing how he stayed so calm and redirected the other planes, especially that American pilot who was kind of a d$& about it.

But clearly the helicopter didn’t understand which plane the ATC had identified and that is part of the problem. We don’t know all of what was said, but it’s the ATCs job to make sure all the planes headed into the runway are aware of each other, on correct course and don’t collide, and that didn’t happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you allowed to helicopter in and out of neighborhoods? What the hell

When you're a star, they let you do it