plane crash over Potomac River, January 29th

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https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5281166/dca-crash-helicopter-air-traffic-controller-radio

"It's early hours into the investigation into what caused the midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night just outside Washington, D.C.

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"The helicopter pilot acknowledges seeing an incoming plane, but it is unclear whether the pilot is looking at the correct aircraft."

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And that seems like the kind of mistake that even an experienced pilot — 1 out of 500 times? — could end up making. As well as an experienced air traffic controller.

And telling people to be “more careful" typically doesn't help. A better procedure helps, as well as a smooth transition to that better procedure.

 

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And our hearts go out to every one of the 67 human beings who lost their lives.

 

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What is known about the deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter

Officials say the remains of all victims of a midair collision near Washington's D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport have been recovered.

apnews.com

Friday, Jan 31th, 6:00 pm —

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“Investigators have the plane’s flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder and the helicopter’s black box and are working to download the information inside all three.

“At least one air traffic controller who was working at the time of the crash has been interviewed by investigators, National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman said. Interviews were ongoing, he said. It was unclear how many controllers was working, he said.

“Hegseth said the army also wants to know if the helicopter crew was using night vision goggles.

“Air crash investigations normally take 12-18 months, and investigators told reporters Thursday they would not speculate on the cause.”

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If we already have the recorders and have already interviewed the first person, why is the whole investigation going to take a year-plus ? ! ?

No, I don't want to jump to conclusions.

But somewhere here there has to be a happy medium, I hope!

 

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If we already have the recorders and have already interviewed the first person, why is the whole investigation going to take a year-plus ? ! ?

No, I don't want to jump to conclusions.

But somewhere here there has to be a happy medium, I hope!

Yeah, that situation is tragic and definitely not something you'd expect to happen since air traffic is so heavily controlled at airports.

I hope they can release some preliminary information and stress that the investigation is ongoing. For instance, they can at least tell us if the helicopter pilots were wearing using night vision.

 

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What is known about the deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter

Officials say the remains of all victims of a midair collision near Washington's D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport have been recovered.

apnews.com

"President Donald Trump has publicly faulted the helicopter for flying at too high an altitude. He also said federal diversity and inclusion efforts — particularly regarding air traffic controllers — were somehow to blame. When repeatedly pressed on it by reporters in the White House briefing room, the president could not back up those claims."

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President Trump should not blame the military pilots. He should not jump to that conclusion. And certainly not publicly.

Neither should he blame efforts at diversity. These typically involves casting a wider net at the job applicant stage, not in lowering standards.

President Reagan possibly, conceivably could have said these things. He did sometimes say some outrageous things. But I suspect he wouldn't have made these two particular mistakes.

 

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"President Donald Trump has publicly faulted the helicopter for flying at too high an altitude. He also said federal diversity and inclusion efforts — particularly regarding air traffic controllers — were somehow to blame. When repeatedly pressed on it by reporters in the White House briefing room, the president could not back up those claims."

I saw the press conference where he started bringing up DEI. Definitely premature for him to blame it on that. Then again, Trump is a salesman and tries to get attention, so he could just be trying to get under the skin of his favorite fans - the mainstream media lol.

 

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Alex Jones is back at it...

He claims the helicopter was likely taken over and controlled remotely by someone in the government. Maybe the tech is out there for that, but of course we need the evidence for this.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1885421149539991749