A passenger jet has collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.

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    1 day ago

    I mean, ATC would also normally be keeping an eye on traffic? Either one if the aircraft ignored ATC, or they weren’t warned.

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      1 day ago

      According to commenters on reddit who listened to the ATC recordings: ATC asked the blackhawk to confirm visual of the passenger aircraft. When the blackhawk confirmed ATC told them to wait and then manoeuvre behind the passenger aircraft.

      The military aircraft was therefore responsible for maintaining a visual separation which clearly they failed to do. Possibly they were looking at the wrong aircraft. Therefore it seems likely ATC wasn’t responsible.

      Obvs this all based on idiots on reddit claiming to have expertise so trust it as much as you would ChatGPT.

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        22 hours ago

        It’s in the article too. I don’t know if that’s a later addition but it’s there. Blackhawk pilot was told to see the incoming jet and pass behind. It didn’t.

        At the surface, clear human error but it’s never that simple. Was communication missed or misunderstood? Was there another jet that looked to be where they expected it? At that altitude did things get lost in the clutter and ground lights? Was the jet really where it was supposed to be? While responsibility was passed to the pilot and the aircraft was too low for radar to be clear, why didn’t the tower scream?

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          21 hours ago

          It’s in the article too. I don’t know if that’s a later addition but it’s there.

          It really would not surprise me if it were an edit and the journalists’ source was the reddit thread