OT: Plane Crash Reagan National Airport

[Cajunrunner]

The use of helicopters around Washington has become so frequent that the sound of the whirling blades has become ubiquitous at the Pentagon. Defense officials can look out their windows daily and see them landing and taking off, sometimes in pairs.

Army helicopters sometimes ferry three-star and four-star generals from Fort Belvoir to the Pentagon, shaving 45 minutes or more off a trip by car, said Andrew Logan, a Washington resident who co-founded Helicopters of DC, a website that tracks helicopter operations.

The Air Force’s 1st Helicopter Squadron, based at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, also has responsibility for ferrying senior government officials and VIPs around Washington, a mission its pilots sometimes discuss, Logan said.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/nationa...02ffc8?mod=mhp

[R1Letterman]

https://www.wsj.com/politics/nationa...02ffc8?mod=mhp

Interesting, but not surprising.

[HelmutVII]

Captain Steeeve gives some good insight

https://youtu.be/rL8tf9_rkWA?si=SMu411QHFFFZrjne

[HelmutVII]

VASAviation video on TCAS incident involving army chopper about 24 hrs before crash in DC. This was an accident waiting to happen

https://youtu.be/huVFZ__q2rI?si=HeDQKx5GhWOVjGxC

[Big Tyme]

I am glad we are hearing from both AirBill and Cajun4Life both true professionals in the aviation arena. This was a bad situation all the way around. Hopefully some new Sop's and such will be formed to make sure something like this never happens again.

Agree. Super cool to have two experts in that field sharing some knowledge. Thanks guys.

[AirBill]

Captain Steeeve gives some good insight

https://youtu.be/rL8tf9_rkWA?si=SMu411QHFFFZrjne

Good stuff.

[AirBill]

https://www.wsj.com/politics/nationa...02ffc8?mod=mhp

My point exactly. This airspace is extremely crowded for mostly political reasons. This accident was a surprise to exactly no one who's flown in and out of there. Frustrating and infuriating.

[HelmutVII]

Jaun brown always has great info on the Philadelphia crash

https://youtu.be/u6_bLhBMngY?si=0mE7On5O_SM_O8FK

[AirBill]

This pilot from San Diego gave probably the most accurate analysis of the challenges of DC airspace, and I agree 100 percent with it:

"The [Ronald Reagan] Washington National Airport has been here for 80 years or longer, long before helicopters were ever invented. Now, over the decades, the volume of helicopter traffic has evolved to the point where approaching Runway 33 is, in my opinion, dangerous because it takes aircraft in too close a proximity to where helicopters are normally operating," he said.

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/lo...6-fa311c5992ff

[Cajunrunner]

My point exactly. This airspace is extremely crowded for mostly political reasons. This accident was a surprise to exactly no one who's flown in and out of there. Frustrating and infuriating.

Which is why I don’t think we hate the D.C. crowd (politicians and “high ranking” officials) enough.

[AirBill]

Which is why I don’t think we hate the D.C. crowd (politicians and “high ranking” officials) enough.

100 percent divorced from reality, the vast majority of them.