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siberian khatru 01-30-2025 06:43 AM
No survivors.

27 bodies recovered from the plane so far, 1 from the helicopter

InChiefsHeaven 01-30-2025 06:55 AM
Lord have mercy. How does this happen? I mean, a Helicopter is MUCH more maneuverable than a commercial airliner...this had to be pilot error for the helicopter...

Just awful...

scho63 01-30-2025 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 17944726)
I’ll bet a lot of warm and sensitive things will be said over there
Wrong......:doh!:

scho63 01-30-2025 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Spott (Post 17944788)
Does that airport get a lot of commercial traffic? I fly a lot and can’t say I’ve ever seen helicopters anywhere near the airports I fly out of.
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Originally Posted by Why Not? (Post 17944790)
Yeah. It’s literally one of the busiest airports for commercial travel in the country if not world. And being DC and just the region anyway, there is tons of military traffic as well.
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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 17944810)
It's busy but it is all the helicopters that fly back and forth and up and down the Potomac night and day, both singular and in groups.

Busiest helicopter traffic I have ever seen. 3 major military bases they fly from: Andrews Joint Air Force, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling and Ft Belvoir.

Ft Belvoir is the main helicopter training facility. Our first office in Springfield took me by there multiple times a week and I would see as many as 8 helicopters in the air at once in formation.

I also once saw 6 of them all practicing a ground hover at about 3 feet off the ground like they were standing still.

It is a very concentrated area.
I am shocked this hasn't occured before.

I have seen copters nearby takeoffs and landings all the time over my 10.years in the area.

I used to take a water taxi from Alexandria to Georgetown up the Potomac and it would pass Reagan Airport and it was always busy with all types of air traffic.

Spott 01-30-2025 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 17944827)
I am shocked this hasn't occured before.

I have seen copters nearby takeoffs and landings all the time over my 10.years in the area.

I used to take a water taxi from Alexandria to Georgetown up the Potomac and it would pass Reagan Airport and it was always busy with all types of air traffic.
I used to see a lot of helicopter traffic when I lived in Jacksonville because of the 2 large navy bases there, but they were probably 20-30 miles from the commercial airport. Obviously DC is a different situation with everything that is there. With all that traffic there with different types of aircraft, it’s surprising that something like this hasn’t happened before.

dlphg9 01-30-2025 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Ocotillo (Post 17944736)
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is so sad.�� <br><br>Man waiting for his wife at Reagan National Airport, who was on board the commercial plane that crashed with Blackhawk, tells local news that she texted him shortly before the crash.<br><br>“I’m just praying that someone is pulling her out of the river right now.”�� <a href="https://t.co/yDamJCoPOd">pic.twitter.com/yDamJCoPOd</a></p>&mdash; Sean (@Xcellent78) <a href="https://twitter.com/Xcellent78/status/1884822295891370471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
****ing Christ

IowaHawkeyeChief 01-30-2025 07:37 AM
Unfortunately, a lot of the US Skating Team and coaches and family were on the plane. Horrible.

TLO 01-30-2025 07:38 AM
Absolutely awful. :(

threebag 01-30-2025 08:28 AM
Photos show it came apart in mid-air. Prayers to those impacted by this tragedy.

seamonster 01-30-2025 08:30 AM
I work right across the river from Reagan National. The Coast Guard is running constant sorties out of National (Jayhawks), you've got blackhawks tooling up and down the river doing god knows what, you've got VIP's flying in State Department helicopters at all hours of the day...But the worst from my experience are these Blackhawks. It's like Vietnam over the Potomac sometimes.

siberian khatru 01-30-2025 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by threebag (Post 17944880)
Photos show it came apart in mid-air.
Happens all the time! / Frankie

VAChief 01-30-2025 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by seamonster (Post 17944881)
I work right across the river from Reagan National. The Coast Guard is running constant sorties out of National (Jayhawks), you've got blackhawks tooling up and down the river doing god knows what, you've got VIP's flying in State Department helicopters at all hours of the day...But the worst from my experience are these Blackhawks. It's like Vietnam over the Potomac sometimes.
I know it would be expensive, but maybe it's time to begin to shut down commercial flights into Reagan, transition to just government and military air space.

Dulles and Baltimore would need to be expanded, and maybe another airport in either Northern Virgina or Maryland. The metro now goes out directly to Dulles. It couldn't happen all at once, but that traffic around the Potomac is crazy and their is only ONE runway where heavies can land.

luv 01-30-2025 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Ocotillo (Post 17944736)
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is so sad.�� <br><br>Man waiting for his wife at Reagan National Airport, who was on board the commercial plane that crashed with Blackhawk, tells local news that she texted him shortly before the crash.<br><br>“I’m just praying that someone is pulling her out of the river right now.”�� <a href="https://t.co/yDamJCoPOd">pic.twitter.com/yDamJCoPOd</a></p>&mdash; Sean (@Xcellent78) <a href="https://twitter.com/Xcellent78/status/1884822295891370471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
:deevee:

Dartgod 01-30-2025 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Ocotillo (Post 17944736)
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is so sad.�� <br><br>Man waiting for his wife at Reagan National Airport, who was on board the commercial plane that crashed with Blackhawk, tells local news that she texted him shortly before the crash.<br><br>“I’m just praying that someone is pulling her out of the river right now.”�� <a href="https://t.co/yDamJCoPOd">pic.twitter.com/yDamJCoPOd</a></p>&mdash; Sean (@Xcellent78) <a href="https://twitter.com/Xcellent78/status/1884822295891370471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Why does our media think its a good idea to stuff a camera and microphone in front of a person experiencing the worst moment in their lives? Nobody needs to see that shit.

blake5676 01-30-2025 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Ocotillo (Post 17944736)
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is so sad.�� <br><br>Man waiting for his wife at Reagan National Airport, who was on board the commercial plane that crashed with Blackhawk, tells local news that she texted him shortly before the crash.<br><br>“I’m just praying that someone is pulling her out of the river right now.”�� <a href="https://t.co/yDamJCoPOd">pic.twitter.com/yDamJCoPOd</a></p>&mdash; Sean (@Xcellent78) <a href="https://twitter.com/Xcellent78/status/1884822295891370471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Anyone else thinks it's incredibly tacky for the reporter to ask a terrified family member to see their phone to confirm the text message? What kind of normal person thinks thats a good idea.

This whole ordeal is just incredibly sad and scary. Plane travel is still easily the safest form of transport but when its been so long since we've had an incident in the US this is a sobering reminder that accidents happen.


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