Trump may be all over this...
The early report that I read was that the Traffic Controller asked the pilot if they could see the helicopter in front of them, as opposed to giving them directions to avoid the helicopter....Given the debacle today. Evidently the Blackhawk 'training' flight was running 'dark,' having turned off the mandated ADS system (which priced a lot of private pilots out of the air entirely - never mind some of the most contested airspace in the world over DC!) and turned directly into the path of the commercial Bombardier CRJ700, hitting almost head-on.
NOTE to non-pilots: A head-on collision is about the most difficult of all to avoid, especially for the commercial flight on final. An approaching aircraft appears ALMOST STATIONARY in the forward view, especially given all the city lights in the background. The only warning is that it gets BIGGER, suddenly.
I'm one who has studied flight safety for decades, and has become convinced that too many 'accidents' happen when pilots are conditioned to rely on electronics, rather that doing what we all learned was THE "Number 1 Priority":
FLY the plane! And look out the window. Especially in busy airspace!
And then the cretin FBI comes out immediately, rather than keeping their mouth shut, like the FDA and CDC were ordered to, and says, "It's not terrorism." Good F'ing Grief. Can their credibility get any lower? Why not at least wait a respectable amount of time for another bogus "investigation"? Anybody that was NOT suspicious should be, now.
It might be a genuine horrible accident, with only suspicious timing.
But how many times do we have to see incredible, literally unbelievable, levels of incompetence that get people killed en masse?
PS> The commercial jetliner was almost certainly on an IFR flight plan, even in VFR conditions. Over-reliance on ATC can get you killed, too.
There's TOO MUCH blame to go around here. Way too much.The early report that I read was that the Traffic Controller asked the pilot if they could see the helicopter in front of them, as opposed to giving them directions to avoid the helicopter.
DEI needs to DIE.....Trump may be all over this:
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Literally an accident looking for a place to happen.This is fascinating:
There were other 'near-collsions' for that helicopter before it finally managed to hit the final commercial jet.![]()
The Urgent Call to "Return to Base" & The Chopper's Strange Movements Make No Sense (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Grant Stinchfield
An alarming incident involving a military Black Hawk Helicopter and an American Airlines jet prompts urgent scrutiny. Uncover the troubling details behind the "return to base" command and the helicopter's erratic flight path.www.thegatewaypundit.com
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I was never expecting this from you.I haven't tried, they typically frown upon blue hair, piercings, and tattoos![]()
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