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re: Looks like a plane hit a Helicopter at DCA airport
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:50 pm to Robin Masters
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:50 pm to Robin Masters
Not an aviation expert, so I can't offer any substantive commentary. But it does look curious. Maybe because of how it resulted, but any pilots or folks familiar with flight paths, please add your 2 cents.
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Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:50 pm to PaperTiger
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think they reported at one time that the Blackhawk turned it's transponder off.
If that's the case NTSB will love it
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:51 pm to PaperTiger
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I think they reported at one time that the Blackhawk turned it's transponder off.
Yikes! Any innocent explanation for that? Recycling?
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:51 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
Looks like the chopter maneuvered to target the plane, which seems to turned away at last moment.
This post was edited on 1/29/25 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:51 pm to PaperTiger
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I think they reported at one time that the Blackhawk turned it's transponder off.
Ummmm
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:51 pm to gaetti15
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:51 pm to GumboPot
Three army personnel on chopper.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:51 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
I don’t know that area but perhaps they are supposed to get eyes on aircraft and then pass through. Sounds like they have a special corridor. Should be easy to do but people make mistakes.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:52 pm to PaperTiger
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I think they reported at one time that the Blackhawk turned it's transponder off.
If true this is looking more and more suspiciously intentional.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:52 pm to NorthEndZone
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Not doing all the math, but the CRJ is 106.1 feet long and was supposedly moving at 139 mph.
139 mph is 203.9 feet per second.
That gives 0.52 seconds for the entire length of the plane to pass a given point.
Damn son I can barely figure out how to tip
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:52 pm to GumboPot
If we just got attacked by terrorists again, Trump is going to frick some shite up.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:52 pm to PaperTiger
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I think they reported
Well, initial reports were that it was a DC police helicopter... I hate 'early reports" which are so damn garbled on details which end up being completely false.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:52 pm to GumboPot
I suspect the helo pilots just didn’t see it. I know it sounds crazy but it happens.
This post was edited on 1/29/25 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:53 pm to Gdellinger
Also check if one was a tranny
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:53 pm to VoxDawg
Seems like with only 3 on board they had just dropped someone off.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:54 pm to PaperTiger
Jon Scott saying their call sign was PAT 50 and that they were on contact. So that's not true then. Thru were in contact. He said the tower kept asking the black hawk if he could see the approaching plane and that's when the accident happened.
He said that helicopter call sign normally takes high profile flights with passengers like sec of def sec of army.
He said that helicopter call sign normally takes high profile flights with passengers like sec of def sec of army.
This post was edited on 1/29/25 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:54 pm to LSU Jax
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What the frick is your deal a-hole?
This was either intentional or gross incompetence. 60 plus people died tonight. Families devastated. This is unacceptable.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:55 pm to PaperTiger
I got some new angles
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Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:55 pm to GnashRebel
Posted on 1/29/25 at 9:55 pm to Swazla
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which seems to turned away at last moment.
Looks to me like the plane was unaware of the helicopter and was just lining up with the runway for a landing.
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