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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s absolutely no way they did not see this plane. Goggles or not. Look at this angle. The light from the plane is illuminating strongly enough to be captured in this manner.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/security-footage-shows-new-angles-of-d-c-crash-230772805611[/quote]

That is the clearest video I have seen so far. And you are right, no way in h*** they didn't see that plane. Adds to my belief that this was intentional.[/quote]

Wow super clear footage. It says it was from a security camera; I wonder which building. [/quote]

You have no idea the perspective of the helicopter from that video. The plane banked to land on a different runway. When you're driving down a street with no divider you are assuming the cars coming at you are going to stay in their lane. When instead they decide to turn into a business on your side of the street, you can be taken aback. [/quote]

This comment doesn't make sense, even if it's appropriate to compare air space to a road (it's not). The plane had lined up for runway 33 way back before ATC even asked the helicopter if they saw the plane. And regardless of which runway they were landing at, the helicopter should have anticipated the plane would veer across the river towards the airport -- that path *is* the street in this situation. Planes rarely continue straight up the river past the airport unless something goes wrong with their landing.

Yes I understand it's possible/likely the helicopter thought ATC was talking about another plane further down the river. That explains why they didn't see the RJ that was closer to them. It does not explain why they chose to change direction SW and ascend to a higher altitude.[/quote]

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