They’re already blaming DJT.
What was going on in the helicopter?
According to Trump:
“The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!”
Why was the helicopter going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time on a clear night with the plane’s lights blazing?
I’m open to the possibility of the pilot doing a kamikaze. We still have no information about the pilots, which yes, I understand military personnel don’t immediately get names released. But someone knows who they are and every minute that passes is another minute of social media scrubbing.
It looks like the helo was looking at the other plane in the area. The one it collided with was making a “left turn” to the airfield.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the helo pilot first saw the collision plane bearing away slightly before making the turn and when ATC warned them to avoid the plane, they were looking at the other taking off to the east.
It seems to me if the ATC had said do you see the plane ON BEARING 270, the helo pilot would know which of the two planes to keep an eye out for.
Come on everyone, cut this person some slack, she/he gave them a heading to fly and it was time to take her break, get over it
“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate”
I know nothing of these things but shouldn’t the traffic controller said plane approaching at xxx so the help would now where the plane was instead of just saying did you see the plane.
THE HELICOPTER SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FLYING OVER THAT AIRPORT APPROACH AT THAT ALTITUDE. PERIOD.
My first thought, after seeing the flight paths and the helicopter turning into the path of the airplane, was to wonder if the trainee pilot was suicidal or a terrorist. There was a time such a thought would never have entered my mind. Now it’s the first thing. It’s not a big jump to imagining an angry soldier mad about the changes about to be made in the services, then copying a car driving into a New Orleans crowd. DEI is the second thought.
Bkmk
Were airline pilots, armed services personnel, air traffic controllers, and air traffic control systems personnel and system recruited, promoted and trained to the highest professional standards, or did DEI necessarily put less competent people in each of those positions?
The question answers itself.
Hiring, training, promotions and contracts went to DEI not excellence.
DEI = DIE!
” I’m open to the possibility of the pilot doing a kamikaze “
Doubtful. Broken Arrow is rare.