FULL PRESS CONFERENCE: NTSB gives update on DCA plane crash

The National Transportation and Safety Board provide updates on their investigation into the DCA plane crash.
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[@Flutterwhat]

needs to be an investigation into the audio for this press confrence

[@johnwheeler9891]

Audio gets better 5 minutes in.

[@Fred-gi4uz]

Can we move on from the thank yous and the pats on the backs

[@philh8829]

Not ATC fault. They warned the chopper pilot twice. Both times, chopper pilot said he had visual on the plane and would use his discretion to let it pass. The chopper pilot was looking at the wrong plane. 3 planes were lined up in sequence for arrival on runway 33, chopper pilot was focused on plane 2 at his 12 o’clock, not plane 1 at his 10 o’clock. There is a structural pillar on the blackhawk located at the 10 o’clock position, so it’s likely the chopper pilot only saw planes 2 and 3. Seeing as plane 2 was over a mile out, he decided to cross the approach flight path. Terrible accident.

[@bunnygaffney2765]

Thank you so much tor the update

[@Hovite_Wanderer]

Why keep calling it an "accident"? That presupposes was an error and not deliberate. It should be named an "incident".

[@coypatton3160]

It will be blamed on the 1 air traffic controller doing 2 jobs. It will not be blamed on the individual that was not there doing the 2nd job, nor on the individual who allowed 1 person to do 2 jobs. I now understand better why the helicopter pilot was not instructed to stop forward movement and hover out of the landing path.

[@philh8829]

Terrible Mono left audio???? Then mono right audio????? At least duplicate channels in stereo!!!!

[@taraford9819]

Where was the air traffic controller?

[@philh8829]

He warned the helicopter twice, each time, chopper pilot responded they had the plane in sight. Unfortunately, they were looking at the wrong plane.

[@MowersNBlowers]

Invest in a better microphone, ante up unless trump abolishes the NTSB also!

[@ne0nZchr0me]

Name the whistleblowers on the plane

[@Good4unow]

Bad audio

[@bizzz.R]

Obviously human error. Likely the Blackhawk pilots, or ATC. Interested on how the military will spin this.

[@tomluce-x4y]

was the black hawk armed

[@lightwaves666]

Thanks Trump and Elon Musk for gov. Efficiency. Firings.

[@debbiezito6199]

@@lightwaves666 your name says everything I need to know! Wokie

[@stephaniewood6133]

⁠@@debbiezito6199yo using the word “wokie” says all we need to know about you. That word is so stupid

[@rynetreatch9558]

There are no slides on a CRJ.

[@JKPilot]

@@rynetreatch9558 and even if there were, it’s preposterous to suggest or enquire as to there use in such an accident. The speed at which all this occurred was akin to watching an F1 crash.

[@debbiezito6199]

Slides?

[@rynetreatch9558]

@ Deployable slides from the doors for egress.

[@Tracer414]

These two aircraft should have never been in the same airspace. PERIOD

[@rynetreatch9558]

Why?

[@Tracer414]

@@rynetreatch9558 Oh...I don't know! Maybe they might crash into one another?

[@rynetreatch9558]

Better shut down all the airspace in New York, SoCal, the Bay Area, Denver, and DFW then. Having these aircraft in the same airspace is completely normal and commonplace in just about every big city. It's actually more controlled around DCA than those other places with set helicopter routes (which the blackhawk was on) and extra control for the restricted national security airspace.

[@Tracer414]

@@rynetreatch9558 Okay I was just trying to make a very common sense statement. These aircraft should not have been in the same airspace, at the same elevation, in a crossing pattern, without ATC's notification and acknowledgment. That's what I was trying to say. I wasn't looking for a back and forth debate with someone. I was just trying to express my opinion on an inevitable outcome when these mistakes occur. If you want to get in the last word, knock yourself out.

[@rynetreatch9558]

Well, your statement is ignorant. And I’m tired of people with zero knowledge about the situation making ignorant statements with all the false confidence and gusto in the world. I questioned your original statement and you responded like a sarcastic child rather than being willing to have a real conversation. So go ahead and pound sand.