Anonymous wrote:Are Blackhawk helicopters usually flying around a civilian airport?

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Anonymous wrote:There’s audio from the ATC telling the helicopter to get distance from the plane.

I've listened to it. Then, you hear the ATC scream.

Can I have a link or a idea of where to find this?

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Anonymous wrote:My vote is incompetence. Not intentional.

How does an incompetent person in the military get placed in a position to operate a significant military asset like a Blackhawk helicopter in sensitive airspace like that area of the Potomac near the seat of government and the DCA approach path? They're supposed to be the best of the best. This isn't like that amateur moron who flew his Cessna into a power line and blacked out half of MoCo a few years ago. This is supposedly a skilled military pilot of a VIP helicopter! If "incompetence" is the answer, I shudder to think what the question is.

Human error? We all make mistakes. Also coils be instrument failure. We have no idea yet.

Agree with this. There are hundreds of planes and helicopters going through there every day. At some point, there’s bound to be human error. Something could have even happened to the pilot like a medical problem, or they could be extremely sleep deprived, who knows.

I’m not in DC so I’m curious - are helicopters crossing the paths of planes taking off/landing? That seems extremely dangerous. If there are a lot of helicopters, the airport shouldn’t be so close.

Helicopters should go around. Planes take priority and the airport isn’t going anywhere.

If they’re crossing paths it seems like it’s just a matter of time before some collide. Humans will always make mistakes. Sounds like a very bad setup.

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I would think they’d need to rule out the possibility that someone on the helicopter commandeered it.

From the video it looks like it was done on purpose. How could they not see the lights of the plane.

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Anonymous wrote:In the video of it, it almost looks like the helicopter was heading into the plane on purpose? I'm sure that's not the case, but it just looks so blatant.

There will be an incentive for the government to lie. I see what you see.

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Anonymous wrote:I pray it was instantaneous for the victims.

I don't think so. This isn't a powerful bomb situation. There was a small explosion/fire at the collision site, the plane probably broke in two on impact with the water. People must have been injured and/or stunned, because it all happened in a few seconds, since the plane had lowered to land. And then the water was very cold, which prolongs the stunning. Not instantaneous... but not the worst.

Sorry to be morbid.

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The guy from the Real World replaced Pete Buttigieg?????!

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Anonymous wrote:My vote is incompetence. Not intentional.

How does an incompetent person in the military get placed in a position to operate a significant military asset like a Blackhawk helicopter in sensitive airspace like that area of the Potomac near the seat of government and the DCA approach path? They're supposed to be the best of the best. This isn't like that amateur moron who flew his Cessna into a power line and blacked out half of MoCo a few years ago. This is supposedly a skilled military pilot of a VIP helicopter! If "incompetence" is the answer, I shudder to think what the question is.

Human error? We all make mistakes. Also coils be instrument failure. We have no idea yet.

Agree with this. There are hundreds of planes and helicopters going through there every day. At some point, there’s bound to be human error. Something could have even happened to the pilot like a medical problem, or they could be extremely sleep deprived, who knows.

I’m not in DC so I’m curious - are helicopters crossing the paths of planes taking off/landing? That seems extremely dangerous. If there are a lot of helicopters, the airport shouldn’t be so close.

Helicopters should go around. Planes take priority and the airport isn’t going anywhere.

Anonymous wrote:In the video of it, it almost looks like the helicopter was heading into the plane on purpose? I'm sure that's not the case, but it just looks so blatant.

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I would think they’d need to rule out the possibility that someone on the helicopter commandeered it.

From the video it looks like it was done on purpose. How could they not see the lights of the plane.

Or...the plane. They are lit up when coming on approach.