someone posted above that the McLean address was the Saudi Embassy. So just affiliated with it?

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that the NSA is giving press interviews in front of the white house regarding the incident says a lot about the unspoken mission of the helicopter. Not the SecDef, not some Army general. The NSA.

Do you have a link to the interview?

On Reddit, the helicopter was noted as being above or at an address in McLean just outside Langley HQ.

Saud royalty, from what I’ve heard locally

Yes. The full address of the house is on Reddit. I did not see a screen grab from flight trackers that looks legit so I am not sure…

The concensus of this address, which does indeed belong to a Saudi affiliate, is that all helicopters turn off their transponders when in/near CIA (for privacy and security reasons). They then turn them back on when they've left the property, which could be variable given their flight path and if they're going by mileage or time or their own judgement. So what is most likely is that their transponder started recording again over this residence. Not that they took off from it.

Probably true, but what are the chances it would be the Saudi Embassy. This is how conspiracy stories thrive. What the F are the chances......

Also, why is the Saudi Embassy so close to the CIA?

The Saudi Embassy is next to the Kennedy Center.

Why do you need night goggles when it’s already… Night?

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that the NSA is giving press interviews in front of the white house regarding the incident says a lot about the unspoken mission of the helicopter. Not the SecDef, not some Army general. The NSA.

Do you have a link to the interview?

There were 64 VIPs on board to their family and friends.

+1. AND no one has said there were not VIPs on board prior to the stop at Langley.

Yep! And I do not believe someone with just 500 hours of training would be flying close to CIA HQ for training purposes.

Sully, the pilot who landed on the Hudson in New York was excellent on CNN tonight. When asked if he thought DEI had anything to do with those he paused and emphatically said no. But what was really impressive was his explanation of what needs to change in the industry. Buckle up folks it’s gonna be a good 9 to 12 months until we get a final report.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that the NSA is giving press interviews in front of the white house regarding the incident says a lot about the unspoken mission of the helicopter. Not the SecDef, not some Army general. The NSA.

Do you have a link to the interview?

On Reddit, the helicopter was noted as being above or at an address in McLean just outside Langley HQ.

Saud royalty, from what I’ve heard locally

Yes. The full address of the house is on Reddit. I did not see a screen grab from flight trackers that looks legit so I am not sure…

The concensus of this address, which does indeed belong to a Saudi affiliate, is that all helicopters turn off their transponders when in/near CIA (for privacy and security reasons). They then turn them back on when they've left the property, which could be variable given their flight path and if they're going by mileage or time or their own judgement. So what is most likely is that their transponder started recording again over this residence. Not that they took off from it.

I didn’t see anyone saying Saudis were given a ride. Someone above just freaked out over fake conspiracy theories that no one was talking about…

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that the NSA is giving press interviews in front of the white house regarding the incident says a lot about the unspoken mission of the helicopter. Not the SecDef, not some Army general. The NSA.

Do you have a link to the interview?

On Reddit, the helicopter was noted as being above or at an address in McLean just outside Langley HQ.

Saud royalty, from what I’ve heard locally

Yes. The full address of the house is on Reddit. I did not see a screen grab from flight trackers that looks legit so I am not sure…

The concensus of this address, which does indeed belong to a Saudi affiliate, is that all helicopters turn off their transponders when in/near CIA (for privacy and security reasons). They then turn them back on when they've left the property, which could be variable given their flight path and if they're going by mileage or time or their own judgement. So what is most likely is that their transponder started recording again over this residence. Not that they took off from it.

Probably true, but what are the chances it would be the Saudi Embassy. This is how conspiracy stories thrive. What the F are the chances......

Also, why is the Saudi Embassy so close to the CIA?

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that the NSA is giving press interviews in front of the white house regarding the incident says a lot about the unspoken mission of the helicopter. Not the SecDef, not some Army general. The NSA.

Do you have a link to the interview?

On Reddit, the helicopter was noted as being above or at an address in McLean just outside Langley HQ.

Saud royalty, from what I’ve heard locally

Does this make any sense??? Why would Saudi royalty be going to Langley from fort b?

They weren't. It's a stupid rabbit hole conspiracy theory. The Helo originated from Langley, but didn't turn on their transponder until they were a bit away from Langley, and they just happened to be flying over/near the Saudi embassy when they turned the transponder on. This caused the tinfoil hat folks to think that the Helo landed and took off in the back yard of the embassy, which is not even big enough to accommodate that.

The idea that a helicopter took off from some backyard in McLean and not a single busybody posted the footage complaining on Nextdoor is unfathomable.

The Saudi compound in McLean does not have a helipad.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that the NSA is giving press interviews in front of the white house regarding the incident says a lot about the unspoken mission of the helicopter. Not the SecDef, not some Army general. The NSA.

Do you have a link to the interview?

On Reddit, the helicopter was noted as being above or at an address in McLean just outside Langley HQ.

Saud royalty, from what I’ve heard locally

Does this make any sense??? Why would Saudi royalty be going to Langley from fort b?

They weren't. It's a stupid rabbit hole conspiracy theory. The Helo originated from Langley, but didn't turn on their transponder until they were a bit away from Langley, and they just happened to be flying over/near the Saudi embassy when they turned the transponder on. This caused the tinfoil hat folks to think that the Helo landed and took off in the back yard of the embassy, which is not even big enough to accommodate that.

I didn’t see anyone saying that. They noted the address was a Saudi residence (not an embassy, which is in DC in a no-fly zone on New Hampshire Avenue) and the aviation folks on the Reddit board said it was probably due to what you mentioned.

Still doesn’t explain why a so-called training mission is going to or from Langley.

Some think a VIP was on board at one point—maybe before it became a training mission.

These helicopters are scary.

Several near misses with helicopters were previously reported at Reagan National Airport
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/plane-crash-dca-potomac-washington-dc-01-29-25?t=1738282280051
From CNN's Casey Tolan, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine and Haley Britzky
In the three years before the deadly collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport, at least two other pilots reported near-misses with helicopters while landing at the airport, a CNN review of federal incident reports found.

On two occasions, passenger planes had to take evasive action to avoid colliding with a helicopter when trying to land at the airport, according to reports filed by pilots. In a third incident, two military helicopters got too close together, an air traffic controller reported.

Those previous scares are sure to gain more attention after the disaster over the Potomac River on Wednesday night, which is presumed to have killed 64 people aboard the plane and three Army servicemembers on a helicopter training flight.

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I would not think parents of pilots or FAs necessarily know what flight they are on.

Pilots and flight attendants fly the same routes over and over, no?

No. They don't.

Both American Airlines pilots were longtime fliers, relatives and friends say.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/29/us/plane-crash-washington-dc
The captain of the plane that plunged into the Potomac River on Wednesday night had wanted to become a pilot from the time he was 3 years old, said his aunt, Beverly Lane.

“I think he wanted to be free, and be able to fly and soar like a bird,” Ms. Lane said.

Three students from Fairfax County Public Schools who had been returning from a figure-skating camp in Kansas were killed in the crash, along with six parents, according to Dr. Michelle C. Reid, the Virginia school system’s superintendent.

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Jan. 30, 2025, 6:55 p.m. ET
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“It’s devastating,” Dr. Reid said in an interview. “There was a searing grief on behalf of our staff, our students, our families.” She said the district had brought in grief-counseling teams.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that the NSA is giving press interviews in front of the white house regarding the incident says a lot about the unspoken mission of the helicopter. Not the SecDef, not some Army general. The NSA.

Do you have a link to the interview?

There were 64 VIPs on board to their family and friends.

+1. AND no one has said there were not VIPs on board prior to the stop at Langley.