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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

Rivers are quieter but clearly they need a better plan for avoiding active DCA jet traffic.[/quote]

I'm the PP you quoted. I saw a clip on youtube of an "expert" saying that military helicopters fly designated "lanes" or routes and the east edge of the potomac is one common route. However he also said if they helicopter was at 200 ft like it should have been, he would have missed the plane entirely as plans are not that low until they are much closer to the runway. [/quote]

The projected flight of the helicopter would have taken it over the main runway at national. So the helicopter seems to be above 200 foot restriction and crossing the river from east to west(not the normal flight path)[/quote]

That’s a mystery to me.

Wtf was the expected route of the black hawk?

Was it really going to cut across the entire river and DCA airport? Or did it just wander into the middle of the river at too high an altitude?

What was it supposed to be doing?!? [/quote]

Apparently according to experts being interviewed on tv, the eastern edge of the Potomac river IS the designated route for helicopters and yes they would need to cross over at a designated point and with awareness of ATC. However as previously stated the Helo was too high. Required altitude is 200 ft and they were 400 ft. [/quote]

Sorry, who said they need to cross over and to cross over at the DCA airline runway juncture?

They’re going 10 miles due south to fort belvoir and following the river the whole time. Less noisy. [/quote]

An retired black hawk pilot on the news. The issue was not that the pilot crossed in the wrong location. It was that he/she crossed at the wrong time and did not cross behind the plane as directed and did not maintain visual separation as directed.

And as to the PP who asked why the Helo was on that side of the river at all, the same news "expert" said that the designated helo lane in that area is down the east edge of the river. So that is why they were on that side. [/quote]

The path as shown on TV of the helicopter show it crossing the river from east to west and continuing across the main runways at national. This is not a normal flight path. Also the helicopter reported to be above 200 feet.  This is not normal. [/quote]

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