Former federal air safety inspector breaks down response to American Airlines crash

Greg Feith is a former senior safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board.

[@colleeninga3411]

Great coverages. Good to have a great man in Greg Feith and all his knowledge.

[@FloridaMan02]

I've loved following Greg since meeting him at one of his first cases, Value Jet.

[@justinkpryde]

No matter how you look at it, the helicopter is at fault. So much so that I’d hardly call it an “accident” a plane on final approach in the landing configuration essentially owns the runway

[@rick-grim]

Agree- Catastrophic incident, but accident does not accurately describe this incident.

[@MG-ot2yr]

I'm a local, in the video you're looking at Hains Point, which is the darker strip of land that comes into a point, beyond that is the SW DC waterfront and to the right is Bolling AFB.

[@kirstenbrogan5958]

Heartbreaking!

[@edwardschwenk3100]

I've seen a report that there were figure skaters on board from United States, and Russian skaters from a skating development camp in Wichita.

[@play4u67]

I heard and saw a report of this also. It may be that we saw the same report @edwardschwenk3100 . My heart goes out to everyone involved from the passengers, pilots, families, friends and the rescue/recovery teams...everyone... and my prayers and love are being sent to everyone as well, even to those of you in the chat that is just feeling this horrible and awful tragedy ♥♥

[@JFED81]

Stop cutting off the people talking. Jesus. These reporters are brutal

[@jpdunamislodge]

These reporters have no clue what they are talking about nor do the understand who it is that they are talking to.

[@FloridaMan02]

Chopper REQUESTED to be allowed to provide his own visual separation. He should have been frantically requesting separation vectors the instant he lost confidence in continuous observation of the jet. ATC rarely offers visual separation unless it would make legal an upcoming reduction of separation that would be a black mark on the ATC record.

[@williamonyourway]

Some criminals feel a sense of power by withholding information from investigators. 🎭

[@pattibarnett1142]

It won't take an 18 month investigation to find out what happened here ...

[@TheNiteinjail]

it is ridiculous that they would fly training flights in that airspace, let alone without adsb beacon turned on

[@GH-oi2jf]

I would like to know more about the nature of the training, but yes, most training should be done well away from a busy airport.

[@abrakadabrah3031]

Who who who who Was on da plane...

[@jeffdragna316]

Airport should be closed for good no more helicopters flying into planes

[@jeffdragna316]

67 people died so sad

[@jeffdragna316]

Mo time stamps on recording of helicopter

[@jeffdragna316]

No survivors

[@lolayates2188]

If I could change the Circumstances I would. Lord Have Mercy on those victims and their Families. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢. I can’t change Yesterday. It’s a memory. Tomorrow is so unpredictable and unknown. Trouble all over this land. Lord Have Mercy on Us. Lord I want question U. Thanks for the wake Up. Keep me safe as I travel down this road call Life’s. It’s wicked and crooked. I will be ready when You come. Knock and I will answer. Lord it hurts 😢so bad. Trust God not Man. I just don’t like all this division, crook mess, and wickedness. When Jesus return everything is gonna be alright. Everything. Lord. I pray 🙏🏾 for this nitemare and The Families and Friends. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😪😪😪😪😪😪It’s hard. Lord change the hatred and division in this World. Together we stand. Divided, look 👀 how we are falling. 😢

[@jeffdragna316]

Helicoptor done screwed up 2 males and 1 female

[@jeffdragna316]

Visual separation approved helicopter ran into the plane mistake between 2 planes

[@jayray9824]

The video suggests the helicopter was going pretty fast given how busy this airspace is.

[@abrakadabrah3031]

Could this happen to Trump's plane... Hmmmmmm...an attempt to look like pilots were incompetent... Goofy and Mickey 🐭 Pilots?!?!!!!???

[@mikemerlo4156]

Chopper was flying straight, level, at assigned altitude, and in the assigned corridor. The jet appears to be set on his final, but below the glide slope. My guess is the pilots got fixated on the difficult left turn, and the controller failed to divert a collision.

[@FloridaMan02]

Chopper absolutely was NOT flying an assigned heading or altitude. He asked for and received permission to Maintain Visual Separation, which he failed to do. Legally he is responsible after that until declared and agreed otherwise.

[@m.h.6499]

Helicopter was also too high. Not supposed to be above 200 ft in that corridor and was flying at 350 (acc to aviation reports).

[@JASONCIRONE-kp4xr]

this happened years ago same plane

[@quarstrongforce]

no time for inspectiin

[@Dave-gy1hx]

They are holding back on telling the public, but the pilot in command of the Blackhawk was a female with only 500 hours of flight time. She was training and screwed up, this DEI crap has to end. She not only killed herself but 66 innocent people.

[@bearb9964]

Your sick. Get help asap😮