What piques my interest is the ADS-B image that Bitt posted of the impact.
The inbound RJ is the typical “signature” of an RJ on ADS.
The impacting “signature” is NOT that of a typical UHC-60.
It is the signature of a “generic” private-craft such as a Piper or a Beechcraft.
Having the tracking/route visible means 2 things concerning the “helicopter”. (1) the transponder was on* and (2) the impact was intended to be seen by planefags and other “watchers”.
* transponder signals can and ARE manipulated by Air Command to emulate certain aircrafts in an effort to mask the plane for security reasons.
I myself have seen the transponder signal of a P8 (frame L4J) altered by a near-by E4B Signals plane.
The P8 was doing wide loops over Middleton PA at about 3000-feet.
The transponder signal on ADS-B indicated that the P8 was an airframe L4J from the executive stable flying under the call sign of “AF1”.
Biden was in the WH entertaining Zelensky at the very moment.
#DIRT
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-cellphones-targeted-in-secret-u-s-spy-program-1415917533
Another anomaly in the reporting is that “some” (other reports say entire crew) were wearing ‘night vision goggles’ (NVG).
That doesn’t pass the smell test -for me- because NVG amplify the available reflected light in order to image targets.
In that specific environment, the light saturation would have blinded anyone using NVG.