American Airlines collision with Blackhawk helicopter. Crashes into Potomac River

[BurnieM]

Around the world aviation safety authorities take a long time to confirm even the basic facts. Often this is over a year.

This is the main reason so much discussion and conjecture occur.

 

Some of this discussion is off or even completely wrong but some of it is not.

As long as we all operate with high level filters on, review the source of each piece of info and apply logic to how it all fits together I believe the benefit (safety lessons much earlier) is worth it.

 

Or offical safety bodys could release what they know much earlier.

 

[facthunter]

The more facts you have the better your OPINION will be,  and you do need "AVIATION expertise" to interpret the FACTS. in  aviation matters.  Nev

[red750]

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Typical Trump response above. 

 

I haven't been through all the detail reported here, but could it be as simple as the wrong QNH set on the helicopter that had it at the wrong altitude?

[facthunter]

I wouldn't think so.  Nev

[danny_galaga]

35 minutes ago, red750 said:

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Typical Trump response above. 

 

I haven't been through all the detail reported here, but could it be as simple as the wrong QNH set on the helicopter that had it at the wrong altitude?

Crossed my mind too. Not necessarily incorrectly set, but out of calibration. Cracked static line or something.

[onetrack]

I'll wager that NVG's played a large part in the crew errors leading to this disaster - and the investigators are almost certainly intent on trying to determine whether they were being worn or not.

The training was a simulated night "escape" for VIPS under a simulated major U.S. leadership attack, such as the 911 scenario.

 

Why Are D.C. Plane Crash Investigators Focused on Night-Vision Goggles? - The New York Times

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Investigators have yet to determine whether the crew of an Army helicopter was wearing the devices when the Black Hawk crashed into a civilian airliner last week.