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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why were they flowing 200 feet above the maxixmum altitude. And on top of that not seeing a plane that is descending right in front of them. Seems the helicopter did so many things wrong. Doesn’t really make sense.[/quote]

One question my spouse and I were just discussing is that we should find out how often helicopters flying that route along the Potomac violate the 200 ft limit for that route.

Meaning: was this helicopter doing something very out of the ordinary OR was it engaging in typical behavior (even if not prescribed behavior for helicopters on that route), and enough other stuff went on that the mistake was fatal.

I wonder if all the things that "went wrong" in this situation actually go wrong all the time, and it's just that they all went wrong at once. Which is scary because that seems like an inevitability.[/quote]

Good point. I still think it's crazy to think all the factors had to line up just right for the two to crash. The plane banking to go to the new runway for landing, the Blackhawk flying higher than allowed, and then just the sheer 3D geometry of it. What are the chances they actually crash into each other instead of them having a near miss? [/quote]

PP here and yes, it is so painful to think about because of the tragic loss of life. [b]I did not know any one who died but I find myself engaging in the same thinking [/b]I have engaged in when a loved one died in a car accident. I had a close friend die many years ago when a driver of another car had a stroke behind the wheel and his car crossed the median and ran into her head on. Just a tragic freak accident that was no one's fault and so many things had to line up for her to die that day. I spent years thinking about that, and that's exactly how I feel today. I know it's a grief response (bargaining or denial or both, variously anger too) but that doesn't make it any harder to stop your mind from doing it.[/quote]

This is not a healthy fixation. 
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