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Posted by LCA131

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 11:52 am to The Boat

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This blows up any idiot twitter pilot thinking the plane on R1 that departed and was seen on the video could be the plane the Blackhawk crew was watching

Not to mention, that plane would have been a mile or more(?) off to the helo pilot's right...(width of river+length of runway+ distance covered as it comes into view on that video)...

Is that close to accurate?

Posted by UFownstSECsince1950

Member since Dec 2009

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 11:52 am to HailHailtoMichigan!

quote:
NBC news reporting at least 4 survivors rescued

is this not true?

Posted by The Boat

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 11:55 am to LCA131

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Is that close to accurate?

That plane would have been on the ground at the south end of R1 when the Blackhawk was scanning for traffic but yeah they were about 1.5 miles away when the collision happened.

Posted by The Boat

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 11:56 am to UFownstSECsince1950

quote:
is this not true?

People confused reports of bodies recovered from the river as people who were alive being rescued.

Posted by 257WBY

Member since Feb 2014

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 11:56 am to Tuscaloosa

There was a post recently that had more audio than we got last night. Good initial traffic call and Helo instructed to pass behind.
All we heard last night was the “do you have the RJ in sight?”

Posted by bikerack

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 11:57 am to 257WBY

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Posted by SirWinston

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:03 pm to SteelerBravesDawg

DJT must know what happened imo

This post was edited on 1/30/25 at 12:05 pm

Posted by TooFyeToFly

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Member since Nov 2012

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:06 pm to SteelerBravesDawg

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This isn't his fault, only a moron would think that.

But his reaction/response leaves a lot to be desired.

The man is devoid of empathy. Nobody should be surprised that he instantly politicizes 70 innocent people dying in a tragic accident.

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Posted by holdmuh keystonelite

Member since Oct 2020

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:08 pm to TooFyeToFly

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The man is devoid of empathy. Nobody should be surprised that he instantly politicizes 70 innocent people dying in a tragic accident.

You mean the same way Obama and Biden did after every mass school shooting?

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Posted by Bonkers119

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:09 pm to ned nederlander

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“Our heart goes out to the victims, we are still gathering information and are in search and rescue mode. Rest assured we will work to make air travel in America the safest in the world.”

Him saying this would imply he has the ability to convey empathy, when clearly he doesn't.

Posted by SteelerBravesDawg

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:10 pm to TooFyeToFly

I think he has empathy, that's been proven, but he also displays narcissistic traits in that he's not able to handle criticism (warranted or not) well and lashes out

This post was edited on 1/30/25 at 12:13 pm

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Posted by SteelerBravesDawg

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:12 pm to SteelerBravesDawg

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Posted by TorchtheFlyingTiger

1st coast

Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:16 pm to SteelerBravesDawg

Can we all agree to take high ground a leave the political critique to another board or another day? I know he opened the can of worms but let's focus on the air incident here.

Posted by SteelerBravesDawg

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:17 pm to TorchtheFlyingTiger

Seconded.

Posted by bikerack

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:19 pm to SteelerBravesDawg

Going back to the mention of this being a continuity of government training flight, I had forgotten that about the time of the crash, one of the E6B 'doomsday planes' was landing at nearby Andrews AFB.

It really has nothing to do with the incident other than bad timing, but I wonder if the blackhawk was going to eventually head to Andrews so the "pretend VIP being evacuated" could get on the E6B.

i.e. this was more than just 1 helicopter flying a route and possibly involved many aircraft last night in different areas of DC.

This post was edited on 1/30/25 at 12:21 pm

Posted by SteelerBravesDawg

Member since Sep 2020

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:21 pm to Boss

BTW, did OML get himself banned over his comments last night?

Posted by facher08

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Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:25 pm to SteelerBravesDawg

quote:
This isn't his fault, only a moron would think that.

They are out there. I experienced it last night. After the crash, my fiancé reached out to one of her sorority sisters in DC with some benign statement of inquiry, and the girl completely snapped, blamed the crash on Hegseth, then devolved into all sorts of TDS inspired non-sequiturs.