19 victims brought to shore.

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Anonymous wrote:Congress approved additional flights at DCA last year, over the protests of the locals. I hope they reduce the number now and enforce stricter regulations for all these helicopters.

Seems like an annual tradition that Congress approves more and more flights. Enough is enough. Time to cut back.

They need to build a new airport further away from the city, then shut DCA down. Reagan (like much in the area) was built in the 40s when there were far fewer people. DC has grown much too large to rely on such a small airport.

Keep the helicopters away from DCA. Pentagon officials can take cars.

+1
Far too many helicopters. Never clear where so many people are going.

Published almost exactly a year ago.

“ runway

[WASHINGTON D.C., JANUARY 25, 2024] – Despite what the facts make clear, reckless efforts to add more flights at the overburdened Reagan National Airport (DCA) will cause more delays and threaten passenger safety. Physically constrained by the Potomac River on one side and bustling neighborhoods and federal buildings on another, DCA tops the list of America’s 10 busiest commercial runways with no room to grow and accommodate any additional flights.

Today, DCA already serves nine million more passengers than it was designed to handle. More flights would put additional pressure on DCA’s main runway, as its second shorter runway is not designed to accommodate larger airplanes. Capacity constraints are further exasperated by ongoing runway rehabilitation projects at DCA which are expected to resume in the spring of 2024 and may impact certain flights to DCA.”


https://www.protectregionalairports.com/2024/01/26/dca-is-still-the-busiest-runway-in-the-nation/

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Anonymous wrote:Congress approved additional flights at DCA last year, over the protests of the locals. I hope they reduce the number now and enforce stricter regulations for all these helicopters.

Seems like an annual tradition that Congress approves more and more flights. Enough is enough. Time to cut back.

They need to build a new airport further away from the city, then shut DCA down. Reagan (like much in the area) was built in the 40s when there were far fewer people. DC has grown much too large to rely on such a small airport.

Dulles and BWI already exist as bigger airports further away from the city. DCA will never close. The House and Senate members depend on its convenience.

Anonymous wrote:Do we need every TV news program covering this endlessly and reiterating the same thing over and over (we don’t know if there are any survivors and the river is cold etc)? This is a tragedy but there are a lot of other news stories that need to be told …

In the 24 hours news world, I’m sure they’ve covered everything else already today. If it bleeds, it leads.

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Anonymous wrote:https://bsky.app/profile/jacksheriff.bsky.social/post/3lgwm6jkfv22f

I think that the less common approach to the diagonal runway (runway 33/4) might have played a part. The plane they hit would have been to their left, over Bolling AFB in Southwest DC. The plane further away, coming in for the main runway (runway 1/19, which runs north-south), would have been right over the river, probably straight ahead. They might have thought they were supposed to look out for that plane and not the closer one on their left.

The plane was landing towards the pentagon?

Yes, if you look at the airport it is the short runway pointing at the Pentagon. So to approach it, you swing further east than the more common approach up the river.

But it’s hard for me to imagine that could have been a factor. It’s not like they never use that runway.

Agree.

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Anonymous wrote:https://bsky.app/profile/jacksheriff.bsky.social/post/3lgwm6jkfv22f

I think that the less common approach to the diagonal runway (runway 33/4) might have played a part. The plane they hit would have been to their left, over Bolling AFB in Southwest DC. The plane further away, coming in for the main runway (runway 1/19, which runs north-south), would have been right over the river, probably straight ahead. They might have thought they were supposed to look out for that plane and not the closer one on their left.

The plane was landing towards the pentagon?

Yes, if you look at the airport it is the short runway pointing at the Pentagon. So to approach it, you swing further east than the more common approach up the river.

But it’s hard for me to imagine that could have been a factor. It’s not like they never use that runway.

DCA has indeed the busiest runway in the us.

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Anonymous wrote:https://bsky.app/profile/jacksheriff.bsky.social/post/3lgwm6jkfv22f

I think that the less common approach to the diagonal runway (runway 33/4) might have played a part. The plane they hit would have been to their left, over Bolling AFB in Southwest DC. The plane further away, coming in for the main runway (runway 1/19, which runs north-south), would have been right over the river, probably straight ahead. They might have thought they were supposed to look out for that plane and not the closer one on their left.

The plane was landing towards the pentagon?

Yes. They can’t be inbound over the pentagon. They can only land one direction on that runway. And same with takeoffs in reverse. You can’t fly over the pentagon.

Anonymous wrote:Congress member Swalwell landed there six minutes before the flight that crashed.

One of the flights congress demanded—even though it is already overcrowded at National

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Anonymous wrote:This is so tragic, how does something like this happen in 2025
this is why flying cars will never be a thing

Trump fkg with Feds and people snapping and making errors—air traffic controllers.

Congressmen making National run more flights when they are already way over capacity.

The helicopter route is underneath the plane routes.

Federal employees have been under stress for about a week and a half and have been literally receiving threatening memos and messages every evening for close to a week

Yep and told we all suck and are worthless …

Congress member Swalwell landed there six minutes before the flight that crashed.

Anonymous wrote:https://bsky.app/profile/jacksheriff.bsky.social/post/3lgwm6jkfv22f

I think that the less common approach to the diagonal runway (runway 33/4) might have played a part. The plane they hit would have been to their left, over Bolling AFB in Southwest DC. The plane further away, coming in for the main runway (runway 1/19, which runs north-south), would have been right over the river, probably straight ahead. They might have thought they were supposed to look out for that plane and not the closer one on their left.

The plane was landing towards the pentagon?