OT- DC commercial plane and Blackhawk collide

[Huskers123456]

Still thinking the jet could have taken evasive maneuvers.......wow

And if there was something wrong with the BlackHawks altimeter, more often than not it was adjusted wrong and /or not picked up pre trip, which again is the responsibility of the crew and ultimately PIC.

I fly once a year and I can't imagine how crazy that would be for a commercial plane to be hundreds of feet off the ground and swerve to avoid a helicopter. While landing at a super busy airport. At night. May as well speculate about if the pilot could have teleported to a different airport right before the crash.

 

[dinglefritz]

you don’t know how?

You put the podcaster up that we’re all supposed to take the word of.

 

[dinglefritz]

Still thinking the jet could have taken evasive maneuvers.......wow

And if there was something wrong with the BlackHawks altimeter, more often than not it was adjusted wrong and /or not picked up pre trip, which again is the responsibility of the crew and ultimately PIC.

IF means IF. IF he had seen it earlier. He apparently tried to pull it up when he saw it way too late. No doubt his singular focus was on the runway and his older plane likely didn’t have the latest accident avoidance tech that might have warned him in time.

 

[dragonraider1]

Evasive maneuvers be damned, that is for combat not being talked into your destination by traffic controllers. There was something terribly wrong in that tower that evening.

 

[Catch50]

Fort Belvoir (where the unit is based) is like 10 miles straight line from DCA. Pretty common for them to be there.

I live about 3 miles from Davison field in Lorton, Va. That is where the Blackhawk flight originated. A few years, a Blackhawk was down to the trees right next to our apartment no more than 150 feet away. Maybe as little as 100. Likely from Davison.

Also, about 5 years ago, Air Force One turned to line up for final to Andrews about 2000 feet above our apartment.

 

[Charlie Marlow]

You put the podcaster up that we’re all supposed to take the word of.

so?

 

[WHCSC]

This thread is a bigger disaster than the disaster it was created to discuss

 

[Charlie Marlow]

This thread is a bigger disaster than the disaster it was created to discuss

No, but it’s close

 

[HuskerInCarolina]

I live about 3 miles from Davison field in Lorton, Va. That is where the Blackhawk flight originated. A few years, a Blackhawk was down to the trees right next to our apartment no more than 150 feet away. Maybe as little as 100. Likely from Davison.

Also, about 5 years ago, Air Force One turned to line up for final to Andrews about 2000 feet above our apartment.

Nice! I lived in Montclair for a while when my parents were stationed at Quantico & Pentagon. I don't miss the traffic.