Passenger flight from Wichita collides with military helicopter in D.C.
 

Well, this is awful.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reports: Inbound plane from Wichita collides with helicopter near Washington, D.C. airport<a href="https://t.co/4dpNJb8rqT">https://t.co/4dpNJb8rqT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kwch12?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#kwch12</a></p>— KWCH 12 News (@KWCH12) <a href="https://twitter.com/KWCH12/status/1884795268253581707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Up to around 70 people were involved between the two aircraft.

Damn

Horrible. Praying for those folks’ families…

Video of the crash on Twitter:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RAW VIDEO OF THE DCA AIRPLANE CRASH<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/lookner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lookner</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/flightradar24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@flightradar24</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JordanHallWX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JordanHallWX</a> <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/gy3axktKAx">pic.twitter.com/gy3axktKAx</a></p>&mdash; Austin Ayers (@AustinAyersTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AustinAyersTV/status/1884791190224073118?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I live in Wichita and I am booked on that same flight in March. I dont know anyone with certainty that was on the flight but Wichita is a small
Place. Just tragic and hits a little too close to home.

I stuck the original in DC

https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=356935

I'm friends with several air traffic controllers at LAX and Van Nuys.


This? This doesn't happen in the US normally. It's almost always pilot error and in this case I'm thinking chopper pilot



Loss of separation alone gets people fired fast and that happens at 1000 feet

Awful. Not sure there’s a happy outcome for anyone involved.

I’ll bet a lot of warm and sensitive things will be said over there

There was originally a report that some had been rescued from the water, but that appears to have been bullshit. Guessing there aren't going to be many happy stories out of this.

<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>

I heard it was a training flight that wasn’t entered into the FAA ledger so the air traffic controllers were out of the loop.

We will all eventually get the truth of what happened.

Reading through the ATC transcript, it's almost certainly the helicopter's fault. They said they had a visual on the regional jet and were told to maintain visual separation. Obviously, they didn't.

Terrorism

Man I just heard that it had members of the US figure skating team on board and family. This is absolutely awful

Man I hope she’s alive. That’s gotta be the worst feeling in the world