Breaking News. Plane crash in DC. Collided with either helicopter or drone over Potomac.

[DonGlock26]

Staffing Was ‘Not Normal’ at Reagan Airport Tower, According to F.A.A. Report
The report, reviewed by The New York Times, said that one controller was communicating with both helicopters and planes. Those jobs are typically assigned to two people, not one.

https://archive.is/99L4k#selection-4565.0-4569.178

Staffing Was ‘Not Normal’ at Air Traffic Tower During Plane Crash

The report, reviewed by The New York Times, said that one controller was communicating with both helicopters and planes. Those jobs are typically assigned to two people, not one.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Delldude]

I've seen two of the helo crew have been identified. Has the third?
All kinds of crazy stuff out there. Jo Ellis????

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Was the last Def Sec, who was in the hospital and didn’t even bother to inform the president, the best man for the job?

Oh, riiight…..he wasn’t a white man. Good enough!

He wasnt drubk in some titty bar at 4 in the morning.

 

[Mac-7]

That's a strange comment. The body of the piece suggests nothing of the sort. It looks like an attempt to derail the thread.

No

Libs are praying to their god that DEI cannot be blamed

We’ll see how far that gets them

But for now no news is good news and Trump has to put up or shut up

I wish he had said nothing

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

He wasnt drubk in some titty bar at 4 in the morning.

He wasn't at his post and he wasn't properly relieved.

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

If one examines the plane crash near DC it becomes quickly obvious that there was a breakdown in protocol. Apparently the pilot of the military helicopter was given the discretion to locate the airliner by sight and avoid it by going behind it. The surveillance videos show that the helicopter hit the airliner broadside like a missile. It appears that the pilots of the passenger aircraft never knew what hit them. The passenger plane was below the altitude where a situational radar would warn the pilots of an imminent collision. So, what happened? The most likely explanation is that the military pilot was focused on another plane that was farther away and never saw the plane he hit until the collision itself.

This raises some questions about air traffic control practices at busy airports. One of those questions is why would a large airport allow training maneuvers in the midst of chain landings of passenger aircraft? Why couldn’t military helicopter training occur in less congested areas where the danger of misunderstandings and collisions could be avoided? The question of how many close calls had already happened and were not reported looms. We may never know.

It looks like the military helicopter was preoccupied with the wrong plane which put it on a direct path with the approaching passenger plane. This was a terrible tragedy that probably could have been avoided. Unless some really weird thing like a purposeful act was responsible, which is highly unlikely, we need to look at poor planning and lax practices at that airport.

Just an opinion based on what has been shown so far.

The helicopter wasn't given the discretion. The pilot assumed responsibility for avoiding the airplane.

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

I hear there may have been a negro in the Control Tower

Damned DEI!

The ATC did nothing wrong, so definitely not a negro.

 

[Lisa558]

He wasnt drubk in some titty bar at 4 in the morning.

You’re saying Hegseth went AOL without notifying his superior, as the DEI Defense Sec did?

 

[rightwinger]

Libs are praying to their god that DEI cannot be blamed

We’ll see how far that gets them

And what if it turns out all the key players were white males?
Isn’t that a good reason to expand DEI?

 

[E. Pluribus]

Trump mentioned DEI as being partially responsible. As Commander in Chief, the officer in charge of training would report directly to Trump and provide information about the accident that is not yet available to the general public. Be patient.

 

[JoeB131]

No

Libs are praying to their god that DEI cannot be blamed

We’ll see how far that gets them

But for now no news is good news and Trump has to put up or shut up

I wish he had said nothing

Well, if the Army Helicopter Pilot was white and the Air Traffic controllers were white males (AT controllers are 75% white and 85% male), then Trump owes some people an apology.

Whoops... Looks like the Army Pilots were white guys.

Looks like the airline pilots.. also white guys.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

You’re saying Hegseth went AOL without notifying his superior, as the DEI Defense Sec did?

Im saying its better for the US if he did go AOL. He would do less damage that way.

 

[rightwinger]

Well, if the Army Helicopter Pilot was white and the Air Traffic controllers were white males (AT controllers are 75% white and 85% male), then Trump owes some people an apology.

Whoops... Looks like the Army Pilots were white guys.

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Looks like the airline pilots.. also white guys.

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How did those white guys get their jobs?
Did they know somebody?
Was a well qualified minority passed over?
Let’s see their HS grades to see if they were “smart” enough

Looks like we need more DEI

 

[ShahdagMountains]

Im saying its better for the US if he did go AOL. He would do less damage that way.

What kind of damage do you have in mind? Are you a soothsayer or something? Or talking in tongues?

 

[JoeB131]

Makes you wonder if the military jet was "EVER" told about the change, hmmm, of course not. All done to shame America, show fault being America. Now who would plot something evil like that???

Operation Democrat Revenge:
1. EV's blowing up (dead bodies)

2. Open AI (Nvidia stock) sabotaged by China's DeepSeek, just so happens Nancy Pelosi had just sold all of her Nvidia stock - how convenient.

3. Russian professional ice skaters killed in a last minute highly suspicious lane-change flight (dead bodies)

Gee, it sounds like things are really turning to shit now that Trump has taken over.

 

[Muhammed]

I am just showing respect for our President

He understands what happens when you take white men out of positions of responsibility

Is that why Trump hired a girl (Barbara Res) to be in charge of the construction of Trump Tower and several other skyscrapers?

Your TDS affliction makes you stupider by the day. If you don't get help from a qualified mental health professional soon, your IQ may actually dive into the negative numbers.

 

[Ringo]

 

[justoffal]

Now it's coming out. The Blackhawk was not where it belonged. The pilot was flying it at an altitude that was reserved for commercial flights.
This was pilot error. This was a DEI pilot.
A man who identified as a woman. A person who got the job not based on merit but based on political correctness.

Jo

 

[justoffal]

Very murky preliminary details.

It looks as though the helicopter or drone aimed for the plane?

60 on board plane. At least 3 bodies recovered.

Terrorism is a possibility.

It does look that way. Now that we know that there was a mentally unstable pilot at the wheel.
The Blackhawk was not in its airspace. So this was either intentional or horrible skill set.
Either one of those is a not good scenario.

 

[Mac-7]

And what if it turns out all the key players were white males?
Isn’t that a good reason to expand DEI?

Then trump will be widely criticized

But that wont let DEI off the hook