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The Urgent Call to “Return to Base” & The Chopper’s Strange Movements Make No Sense (VIDEO)
Gateway Pundit ^ | January 30, 2025 | Grant Stinchfield

Posted on 01/30/2025 1:42:26 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man

Investigators are going to have to look at every possible reason a military Black Hawk Helicopter could crash into an American Airlines passenger jet landing at Reagan Airport in D.C.

The calls from air traffic controllers for the helicopter to “return to base” raise serious concerns over what may have caused this crash.

We even pulled the altitude and flight tracking data that revealed sharp zig-zags and a sudden drop in altitude moments before the crash. Here are the possible reasons behind the disaster: Mechanical Failure

Air Traffic Control Failure

Human Error

Nefarious Action

Pilot Suicide

Computer Hack

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TOPICS: Government; Local News; Military/Veterans; Travel
KEYWORDS: 5342; blackhawkhelo; dca; dcaircrash; flying; helicopter; midaircollision; nvg; reaganairport; returntobase
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I’ll put my money on pilot suicide and homicide.

This has all of the markings of a woke Rainbow Warrior killing him/her/itself and others in protest of the end of trannies in the U.S. military.

The idiot ordering night vision training near a busy airport needs to be court martialed and busted down to private.


21 posted on 01/30/2025 4:53:32 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I’ll put my money on pilot suicide and homicide.

This has all of the markings of a woke Rainbow Warrior killing him/her/itself and others in protest of the end of trannies in the U.S. military.

The idiot ordering night vision training near a busy airport needs to be court martialed and busted down to private.


22 posted on 01/30/2025 4:53:32 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I’ll put my money on pilot suicide and homicide.

This has all of the markings of a woke Rainbow Warrior killing him/her/itself and others in protest of the end of trannies in the U.S. military.

The idiot ordering night vision training near a busy airport needs to be court martialed and busted down to private.


23 posted on 01/30/2025 4:53:32 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I’ll put my money on pilot suicide and homicide.

This has all of the markings of a woke Rainbow Warrior killing him/her/itself and others in protest of the end of trannies in the U.S. military.

The idiot ordering night vision training near a busy airport needs to be court martialed and busted down to private.


24 posted on 01/30/2025 4:53:33 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

There were ONLY THREE on the helicopter when they should have had FOUR!


25 posted on 01/30/2025 5:10:19 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

REALLY??? The helo ran straight to the plane!


26 posted on 01/30/2025 5:13:06 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

A plane traveling three hundred miles an hour.


27 posted on 01/30/2025 5:14:15 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“A plane traveling three hundred miles an hour.”

If it was landing, wouldn’t it have been going a wee bit slower than that?


28 posted on 01/30/2025 5:19:43 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
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To: PLMerite

Whatever. You go ahead believing in your baseless conspiracy theory.


29 posted on 01/30/2025 5:21:36 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The computer jet on approach was flying around 150 knots.


30 posted on 01/30/2025 5:22:35 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Here are the possible reasons behind the disaster: Mechanical Failure, Air Traffic Control Failure, Human Error, Nefarious Action, Pilot Suicide, Computer Hack

Human error.

Helo pilots confirmed visual on a different aircraft and never even saw the aircraft they collided with.

I realize this isn't satisfactory to the conspiracy nutcases inhabiting these threads but this is my guess.

Not a pilot but I do have 21+ years in Naval Aviation maintenance and have been privy to more than a few Class A mishap reports.

31 posted on 01/30/2025 5:23:29 PM PST by Drew68
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To: steve86
The computer jet on approach was flying around 150 knots.

That proves the helicopter pilot deliberately collided with the plane, then.

You win.

32 posted on 01/30/2025 5:23:55 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Dr. Franklin

“I’ll put my money on pilot suicide and homicide. This has all of the markings of a woke Rainbow Warrior killing him/her/itself and others in protest of the end of trannies in the U.S. military.”

Go into a quality flight simulator and see if you can deliberately fly a helicopter perpendicularly into a jet on approach. Don’t forget to let the jet adjust its heading in the process. Essentially impossible.


33 posted on 01/30/2025 5:25:46 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Dumb. According to a comment on GP, the “return to base” instruction to another helicopter occurred AFTER the collision. Typical GP.


34 posted on 01/30/2025 5:31:07 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: steve86
Go into a quality flight simulator and see if you can deliberately fly a helicopter perpendicularly into a jet on approach. Don’t forget to let the jet adjust its heading in the process. Essentially impossible.

Well the jet was slowing down to land on a runway which is easily identifiable. To land, it had to go a certain way. The helicopter crew trains to avoid small missiles, but can't avoid a jet many times larger and slower? It's hard to believe.
35 posted on 01/30/2025 5:34:47 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: FamiliarFace

I get almost physically sick when I read about this disaster.


36 posted on 01/30/2025 6:33:57 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( @whoisourPresident)
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To: Dr. Franklin

Please stop hitting the post button.


37 posted on 01/30/2025 7:58:33 PM PST by Farmerbob
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To: Farmerbob

It coulda been a seizure of some kind.


38 posted on 01/30/2025 8:24:24 PM PST by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

This guy doesn’t know what he is talking about. The helicopter HAD TO drop altitude because the maximum altitude allowed for helicopters in the area of the crash was 300ft. Now they were still 100ft higher than they should have been (400ft). Had they been at 300ft like they were supposed to be.... no collision.


39 posted on 01/30/2025 11:18:54 PM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: eastexsteve

ATC


40 posted on 01/30/2025 11:32:16 PM PST by linMcHlp
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