Washington, DC: Commercial Jet Collides With Blackhawk Helicopter Near Reagan Airport

We called them crashhawks when I was in the Army. But it isn't clear yet if its the airline pilots mistake. Or the Blackhawk pilot mistake.

This is beyond crazy that this happened. I was watching Blackhawk down this past weekend. And thinking about when we nearly crashed in iraq.

 

Word is the American airlines plane was on approach to runway 33 for landing when collision happened

 

American Airlines flight 5342 was inbound to Reagan National at an altitude of about 400 feet and a speed of about 140 miles per hour when it suffered a rapid loss of altitude over the Potomac River, according to data from its radio transponder.

Passenger jet with 64 aboard collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Airport near DC

 

ATC instructed the blackhawk to pass behind the CRJ. That clearly did not happen.

 

Looks to be VFR so pilots are ultimately responsible to see and avoid each other, especially if the CRJ was cleared for a visual approach

Y’all remember Air Florida flight 90 that also went into the Potomac?

 

Where’s capt sully when you need him.