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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no need for a direct flight from National to Wichita. That airport is too congested. I feel awful for the poor ATCs[/quote] The flight was fine. DCA is fine. The issue was the helicopter. What is with the weird anti-DCA trolling? [/quote] NP here. It seems likely that the helicopter is fully at fault, but it's not true that DCA is fine. There has been a push to add more routes even though there were an atypical number of near-miss collisions in recent years. And the pressure to open new routes into/out of DCA comes from Congressional reps who want an easier commute to their district (including the Wichita route involved in this tragedy.) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/29/us/plane-crash-washington-dc#the-crash-occurred-in-one-of-the-united-states-most-complex-airspaces[/quote]
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