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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The contributing factors to this crash will never be fully addressed. The fundamental problem is the orientation of Runway 33 vis-a-vis military traffic on the east side of the Potomac. It’s past time that Runway 33 is closed. If that means DCA has to shed a few slots so be it. Plenty of capacity at IAD.[/quote]

That was also the opinion of a guest (aviation expert?) on nbc4 this morning. Planes have to swing out to the east side of the river to land on that runway, which brings them into the same space as the helicopters that fly low and the helicopters have to maintain visual distance. Too much can go wrong. [/quote]

There were a lot of really bad “experts” on tv last night. It’s tempting to try to draw this conclusion, because you look at the map and feel like it makes sense. But it doesn’t explain the crash at all. It’s not true that the 33 approach somehow veers into a helicopter “lane.” And it doesn’t explain at all how the helicopter could have been somehow unaware of the plane.

I don’t know what happened but neither does anyone on tv right now. DCA being busy and the plane approaching 33 are just the things people can grab and talk about at the moment. [/quote]

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