Current Affairs Potomac River Plane crash

[Lapeno77]

Washington DC plane crash live updates: Air traffic controllers interviewed, helicopter black box found

Officials are examining black boxes from both aircraft and say they appear to be in good condition and may provide details on what went wrong.

www.bbc.co.uk

Pretty bad incident by the looks of things and not looking good for survivors.

 

[Blue 1]

NGL I was disappointed it wasn't Air Force One.

My condolences to the bereaved.

 

[wm02]

Terrible tragedy—living in the DC area I’ve flown out of Reagan National many, many times. It’s really picturesque spot for an airport.

I wonder if wind will be considered a contributing factor. It was very windy throughout the day yesterday

 

[PhilM]

Terrible tragedy—living in the DC area I’ve flown out of Reagan National many, many times. It’s really picturesque spot for an airport.

I wonder if wind will be considered a contributing factor. It was very windy throughout the day yesterday

Possibly, but the fact that they were in such close vicinity, likely on a flight path, (let alone collide) raises questions about potential human error.

Hedging a guess, I’d go for the helicopter.

 

[verreauxi]

Terrible tragedy—living in the DC area I’ve flown out of Reagan National many, many times. It’s really picturesque spot for an airport.

I wonder if wind will be considered a contributing factor. It was very windy throughout the day yesterday

Yeah, it is a convenient domestic airport. My partner, who's played rugby her whole life once took us to those rugby fields just above the runway...totally fun to watch the planes land/take off right over your head.

Horrible tragedy.

It was quite windy yesterday, and given this airport hasn't had a major crash since the 70s (the horrific one during winter) it seemed pretty obvious that the military and airlines had everything worked out about fly/no-fly zones. Clearly one pilot was in the wrong zone.

 

[Kurt.]

Washington DC plane crash live updates: Air traffic controllers interviewed, helicopter black box found

Officials are examining black boxes from both aircraft and say they appear to be in good condition and may provide details on what went wrong.

www.bbc.co.uk

Pretty bad incident by the looks of things and not looking good for survivors.

Pretty bad that

 

[Kurt.]

Washington DC plane crash live updates: Air traffic controllers interviewed, helicopter black box found

Officials are examining black boxes from both aircraft and say they appear to be in good condition and may provide details on what went wrong.

www.bbc.co.uk

Pretty bad incident by the looks of things and not looking good for survivors.

Have you say though …. It’s looks better for the survivors than the poor souls who perished

 

[Lapeno77]

Have you say though …. It’s looks better for the survivors than the poor souls who perished

Seem to remember there was a crash in the 80s which occurred at the same time of year. Lot of the fatalities occurred due to the freezing river temps.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

Big Donny don't give a hoot:

Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee

President Trump fired the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard and eliminated all the members of a key aviation security advisory group

www.latimes.com

 

[dublinbluenose]

There is currently no head of the FAA, the last one resigned, under pressure from Space Karen on the day of the Trump inauguration.

 

[dublinbluenose]

A flight centre mostly used by trainee and inexperienced pilots, with a flight path that crosses the approach to San Francisco's busiest airport, will no longer have any ATC in a day or two




A direct result of Trump privatising ATC in his first term. The private operater can't get any staff as they slashed pay and conditions. Pilots will have to do the functions of an ATC while flying their plane.

I'm sure it'll all work out OK.

 

[LinekersLegs]

RIP to those lost and condolences to their families and friends.

I have no knowledge of the new transportation sec but he isn’t filling me with confidence so far.

 

[Harryflashman]

Trumps speech then was absolutely disgusting, it’s bizarre . Supposed to be tribute to the dead

 

[SerenityNigh]

Possibly, but the fact that they were in such close vicinity, likely on a flight path, (let alone collide) raises questions about potential human error.

Hedging a guess, I’d go for the helicopter.

Terrible tragedy and hate to put a pin in this stuff but contributing factors will be helicopter pilot error and maybe ATC error. Don't know enough about ADSB and TCAS but wonder why these weren't chirping.

 

[SerenityNigh]

A flight centre mostly used by trainee and inexperienced pilots, with a flight path that crosses the approach to San Francisco's busiest airport, will no longer have any ATC in a day or two

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A direct result of Trump privatising ATC in his first term. The private operater can't get any staff as they slashed pay and conditions. Pilots will have to do the functions of an ATC while flying their plane.

I'm sure it'll all work out OK.

Private ATC isn't unsusal, that happens with smaller airports frequently enough. But you've got to pay them enough to keep the lights turned on. And there are plenty of airports without any Tower service at all. They still operate under the same FAA rules, just without as much oversight and it's a little harder to get in touch with the approach and departure controllers sometimes.