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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is possible that if the helicopter saw the plane at the last minute, that is why they went up - to try and go over the plane. The plane was descending so their only option at close distance would have been to go over the top.

According to the pilot forum and their airport maps, planes should be at ~280 feet as they cross the east bank of the river when coming in to runway 33.

The TCAS (collision alert system) turns off when they are that low to the ground and in landing mode so they wouldn't have gotten a warning of a collision.

The warning was going off for the ATC but if you watch the video of the day before, the PAT11 helicopter set off the warning system 3 times in its one flight so they must be very used to hearing it go off.[/quote]

I do think it’s possible that’s why the help jerked erratically at the last minute. But it doesn’t explain why it was so far into the middle of the river for quite a few minutes before the crash. The route is to hug the east bank and they were west of that in the middle of the river. Had they stayed there and at the 200ft ceiling where they seemed to be for most of it, we wouldn’t be here discussing this. [/quote]

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Following process and procedure. They were sound. [/quote]

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