Posted on 01/30/2025 10:38:58 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom appeared to blame the Black Hawk military helicopter for the collision on Wednesday at Ronald Reagan National Airport, CNBC reported Thursday.
The helicopter collided with American Eagle flight 5342 around 9 p.m., and officials do not believe there were any survivors, according to the Associated Press (AP).
Per the CNBC report:
“At this time, we don’t know why the military aircraft came into the path of the PSA aircraft,” Isom said at a Thursday morning press conference.
PSA Airlines is an American Airlines subsidiary and one of its regional carriers. American Eagle is how American Airlines brands its regional flights.
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“We’re absolutely heartbroken for the family and loved ones of the passengers and crew members and also for those that were on the military aircraft. Our focus right now is doing everything that we can to support all of those involved and also the PSA Airlines team,” he said.
Meanwhile, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters he believes the crash was preventable, according to the New York Post. “We are going to wait for all the information to come in from this vantage point. But to back up what the president said. What I’ve seen so far do I think this was preventable? Absolutely,” he commented in reference to President Donald Trump’s comments on the tragedy:
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And time will time. 😎
I expect the Tell to be well-Timed.
Seems to leave it open for ATC error.
I won’t argue about a Timely Tell.
Seems a reasonable assumption. As a helo pilot, I wouldn't want to have anything to do with a pattern for takeoff and landing of civilian aircraft.
I see no reason why any aircraft not in the final approach and landing patterns under ATC into a busy airport should be there at all.
I’m not a pilot, but I did take ground school when I was younger, I couldn’t afford the instructor time afterwards.
I do remember that there is actually a right of way rule in the sky, and the general gist is the most maneuverable aircraft must give the right away to the less maneuverable aircraft.
So with that in mind, the pecking order was helicopters need to give right of way to fix wing aircraft that need to give right of way to zeppelins that need to give right away to hot air balloon balloons.
Or at least it was something to that effect. The bottom line was the helicopter was pretty much at the bottom of the list and needed to give right of way to everything.
He’s right, it certainly was not his airline that was at fault here. I’d be pissed too.
I think the helo pilot messed up. Altitude was a little high and he was warned about the traffic but was paying attention to the wrong plane. Likely wearing night vision goggles and looking right when he should have been looking left.
The sky was full of planes and....
DIE has poisoned the military also.
The helo was flying into a known heavy civilian air traffic zone.
The American Airlines was likely on short final into Reagan.
Govt can’t manage it’s assets. Becoming a real menace.
Next it will we’ve lost a nuclear submarine
Retired ATC here.
That ATC needed to be more proactive and protect that final.
Slap an altitude restriction on 1 or the other until resolved and or get that Blackhawk away from the final.
From looking at the radar plot, it appears that both aircraft turned at almost the exact same time. The airliner turned for its final approach to land, but the copter seems to have had no reason to turn. If the copter had continued to fly straight, it may have been a near miss, but probably no collision.
How could the airplane get out of the way when he was on the right path?
I’m pretty sure he’s right
The WEF and Globalists have wanted to greatly diminish commercial carrier air travel. For about three years now, I've seen the media jump onto everything damaging to public confidence in individual access to scheduled air carriers. This is not a coincidence. I'm not saying that was a cause of this tragedy, but it most certainly be fed eagerly into agenda driven news psy-ops propaganda methods.
The airliner which is IFR, is on short final. The pilot flying is concentrating on his glide slope, course , speed, and the runway. The pilot NOT flying is monitoring the instruments, calling out speeds, etc. They are busy, especially when performing a circle to land maneuver.
The helo crew was VFR, meaning “see and avoid.” At low altitudes the bright lights of the urban environment can cause a pilot to “lose” traffic in the lights, especially if wearing night vision gear.The
The helo quite simply lost The jet in the city lights. If they ever saw The airliner it was a second before The collision.
The helo
Should ATC have alerted the pilot of the Blackhawk that ATC had changed the runway the AA flight was using to land?
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