What caused DC plane crash? NTSB update on investigation

The National Transportation Safety Board reveals what investigators know about the American Airlines jet and military helicopter collision that left more than 60 people dead.
Latest updates: trib.al/GIoIkCB

[@gregengland5178]

A whole press conference where nothing was said. Great job federal bureaucrats!

[@rossi5839]

@@gregengland5178 Would you prefer for them to speculate and make accusations without evidence?

[@metal--babble346]

the military chopper headed straight into oncoming air traffic. Somewhere there was a miscommunication. Or the helicopter pilot was distracted

[@pamkyzar1456]

Or the pilot was extremely focused…..footage is evident.

[@beez991]

Both are true​@@jameschalkwig787

[@CrowCreekOutdoors]

Or he mistook the plane that was just ahead of the one he hit for the plane they told him to avoid & he never knew the other plane was there until he hit it.

[@CrowCreekOutdoors]

@@jameschalkwig787The video looked like there were two different jets landing with one maybe a mile ahead of the other. Maybe the second one was taking off, but either way I'd bet you're right.

[@SK-id5es]

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[@beez991]

Okay lady get to the point! Stop thanking people for doing their jobs. What happened and how are you going to make sure it never happens again? And it shouldn't take years to find out the problem and then even more years to fix it NTSB!!!!!!!

[@justwannasay5454]

Shut the airport down...

[@esotericpince]

the ntsb can only do so much, they make very thorough suggestions that other parts of the government chooses to ignore. its not profitable to be safe until something bad happens and people care about it

[@johnsarlon9n]

Call Hegseth before congress and have him explain what the helicopter was doing there in the first place and how he was able to kill more Americans than the Afghan withdrawal.

[@Nightc1tyronin]

Bro he’s been in the job for less than a week. At least give him a month or so, before you start rushing to judgment.

[@johnsarlon9n]

@@Nightc1tyronin No he is in charge. He is responsible for all those lives that his Blackhawk ended. Which by the way is more than died in the Afghan withdrawal.

[@Nightc1tyronin]

@@johnsarlon9n lmfao how could he possibly have done anything to stop this given he’s been on the job for literally one week? There’s way more people responsible than he is.

[@johnsarlon9n]

@@Nightc1tyronin You're right Hegseth is one of the most irresponsible people to ever walk the earth but he was put in charge, and it was his watch.

[@SAHamel_]

So sad, so tragic. I like hearing that the cause will be found out, and made sure to never happen again.

[@Bass_oG]

I hope Ross can see my comment. Call me crazy but I'm starting to believe our aviation capabilities are being disturbed rather it be by NHI or a foreign advisory. How many incendents have there been in the last 75 days vs the last 120 months in America? I love your hardwork, dedication, and relentless approach to uncovering truth Ross!

[@KrimsonStorm]

look at the biggest ATC youtube channels and youll see a ton of close calls. I passively follow them for years, the spike in the last year or two is crazy.

[@melaniebruce3923]

Is it not strange they don’t have a black box from the helicopter?

[@ICNMatsiko]

Wow. My 3rd grade teacher was more informative and treated her students with more respect. How did we end up with such a lot???

[@CLAUDIA-k9p6j]

I Been saying that just look at how many Planes accidents been happening on the last at least 2 and a half months! I have a feeling this weird Drones had a lot to do with this.

[@garyhillman4993]

They do have a black box. If there’s no black box there’s something fishy here going off

[@garyhillman4993]

Police. FBI etc leave this to the aviation people only That’s Their Job

[@ritabowles293]

so very sad that these errors weren’t corrected before these beautiful young people were so violently killed.

[@Washington-Dreaming]

Her voice is somewhat orthogonal to what’s she’s saying. It looks rehearsed because, well, it is. Just once I’d like to see some official stand up and give a speech without pandering. Like the good ‘ol days. Fake compassion is worse than no compassion at all.

[@gunsquawk4443]

A woman is the head of the NTSB? Another example of DEI hires that should not exist!

[@davidroberts9854]

The cause was they occupied the same space but what's the reason they occupied the same space

[@Unclescooby2589]

Jesus how many different ways can they ask the same question and get the same answer

[@amylandry4108]

Human error 😭

[@lourdesgreen2213]

We don't have all the facts!!

[@AgentQuiocho-y3x]

See,if the military Helicopter, wasn't going over 100.00 miles an hour,every one would of been alive.and why,do the,military Helicopter train flying while,airplane use that runway to land.

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[@riccinibivosa2059]

Thank you for having the maturity, professionalism and compassion to not speculate on the cause of this horrific crash. Thank you for not finger pointing and placing blame, thank you for removing politics and understanding politics have no place in this discussion. Sadly our so called President is busy speculating and disrespecting the families of the victims and those who flew the military helicopter and lost their lives. We appreciate hearing from educated people who genuinely want the truth and have compassion and concern for the issue at hand

[@KrimsonStorm]

You also heard the woman on the NTSB push back on the press and said many parties, whether it's the president or the press, are jumping to conclusions.

[@Washington-Dreaming]

And your point might be? . . . .

[@riccinibivosa2059]

@@KrimsonStorm And I agree with her 100% This isn't the time to be speculating

[@rossi5839]

​@@Washington-Dreaming The point is the president gave a disgraceful press conference blaming anyone he could point his little fingers at while making stuff up.

[@rossi5839]

Very well put.

[@Emme333]

Pbs has their comments off. Did anyone else notice that woman say ay 5:31 on pbs January 30, 2025 say humans repeatedly? Not people but humans?

[@tommy516]

Super Sad

[@queen-zariaaman9703]

People ar talking around They dont want work Trump. And people said i heard people talking its Israel and establishment plane not to let Trump work as they did bring crona not to let Trump work .they makeing mess not to let him work for the country. I dont know what is true behind but i heard people talking about it .i only pray for everyone protecting from every bad time .

[@borismedved835]

Since they didn't answer the title's question, let's try. The helicopter pilot didn't know that the airplane was turning left to line up with the runway.

[@1dgram]

The helicopter pilot asked for and was granted visual separation, so it was legally up to him then to not hit other traffic. ATC tried to help him out, workload permitting.

[@miss.pudding6444]

Here’s a thought super simple but would solve this problem.. be patient.. if you see others driving space craft around be patient.. what is an extra 20 minutes to live??? I mean that for all the workers involved..if it’s cutting it to close make everyone late..sometimes things happen.. better late than never 💯

[@Kikin-n1u]

Stop the intro, please!!!

[@TerryGreen-ye5ry]

TO MUCH LIPSTICK IS TALKING. 3 KIDS FLYING IN A BLACK HAWK NOT PAYING ATTENTION MAYBE TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONES WHILE TRAINING AT NIGHT. HOW SAD.

[@moonshadow7064]

Press conference where it lays out that they do a job and what they don't do for you the public. If anyone saw the earthcam video there were 2 explosions. The first one was surprisingly quite big so hopefully everyone did not suffer long.

[@amysimpson646]

She reminds me of Hillary.

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[@harveycardwell7274]

Its funny, they say all this but i have a feeling we won't have clarity! They may turn every stone but they wont tell us the real cause. Even witht trump in office i still dont have trust in our government, i sure hope he fixes these problems! I pray that he does so!!

[@1dgram]

I trust the NTSB way more than I do our elected leaders

[@goldn909]

Psy op I’m telling you

[@Angelo-wm1tj]

😢

[@WayOfAges]

Investigations are important but it’s clear from the video that the Blackhawk pilot just wasn’t paying attention.

[@avinashsanil8165]

Be careful how you treat your neighbour....

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[@audrey3319]

Helicopter

[@creampuffwar4457]

Another woman heads a male domain - fire fighters, policemen, air safety etc. should all be in male hands

[@lynnhubbard844]

useless...nothing...a waste of their much needed time

[@johnguldin3722]

Huh what

[@charlespiper9291]

A DEI hire?

[@lourdesgreen2213]

They weren't Genius and Reality Stars!!

[@stevedallas4942]

I think it was on purpose.

[@chiy828]

DEI

[@heyoa7714]

🥱

[@tomascarlsson1856]

4y dei investigation, lot of talking less on insitutional prblm

[@lyndseybernardi7088]

Seems very sketchy, kind of seems like something was done on purpose with the climate of everything going on right now it’s a little concerning

[@markkristopher2552]

Nothing to indicate what and how it happened.

[@izzyci]

H-1B

[@AgentQuiocho-y3x]

Continue, this accident American airlines &,military Helicopter, is just like,drivering a vehicle. without communication &,Guidance. Hiring, more,Traffic Controllers.,to be safe.💓💖💝💘💋🙊💟💔❤️‍🔥❤️‍🩹❤️💜💜🩵💛🩷💫💥💢💯🤎💜💚🧡🩷💞💕❤️‍🔥❤️‍🩹❤️❤️💓💓💗💖💘💌💋💞💞💟❣️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️🤎🤎🩵💙🥭🍌🍊🍉🍈🍇🍎🍓🫐🥝🥕🥕🍆🍋‍🟩🫒🍅🌽🥜🫘🥕🍆🍎🍏🍏🍑🥝🥭🍍🍌🍉🍈🍇🧄🍄🍄🫘🫚🫛🍞🧀🧀🧀🥞🥨🥖🥐🍖🍗🥩🍕🌭🌭🥚🧆🥪🥪🌭🍟🍗🍖🥪🌮🫔🥙🥚🍳🍳🧂🍿🍲🥘🍠🍤🍛🍝🍡🍡🍤🦪🍣🍢🍠🍪🍩🍨🍧🍦🥠🎂🎂🧁🍭🍮🎉😢😮😅😊😊😅🎉😂❤

[@AgentQuiocho-y3x]

Continue, God bless to the families that lost there love ones,in this accident.american airlines &,military Helicopter. 😊😮😢😢🎉😂❤.and thankyou,for the,emergency crew.for being,there.Gid bless you all.

[@AgentQuiocho-y3x]

Continue, I made a mistake the word gid to god.