What it's like flying in a Black Hawk helicopter

More questions are emerging about the Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in a fatal collision above the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. CBS News' Ellee Watson reports.
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[@irmarobinson3203]

You CAN NOT become a licensed commercial pilot or an Army pilot from an On The Job Training Program! So eject that thought out of your mind now‼️

[@raycampbell8814]

Training near a civilian airport? Seems out of the question.

[@warprimeminister]

I’ve been Army Aviation for 19yrs now. We can land /fly over/ touch-&-go to Civilian airports.

[@joso5554]

@@warprimeminister you can collide with airliners too. Proof was just given. Let’s continue.

[@joso5554]

@@warprimeministerare you comfortable with flying 100ft at best below a final approach path to a busy airport, at night, with NVGs, in the middle of a sea of city lights all around ? If so, you are officially qualified to enter the suicide squadron.

[@sciencehunter]

From a former Blackhawk crew chief, you have no idea what it is like in a Blackhawk. And a big WTF for the DEI causing a crash??!!

[@hlnbee]

Thank you for your service. Trump is an ignoramus.

[@vat6989]

Really? For a Blackhawk crew chief you have certainly chosen a strange username "sciencehunter", yes for me this username says it all.

[@sciencehunter]

@ Calm down bot, I can have any name I wish.

[@arkwill14]

Yeah, this lady has only been a passenger on a couple VIP flights (which aren't normal) -- she's probably not the best person to give the rundown on what it's like in a Black Hawk. She got to wear headphones so they must of liked her. My paks got to sit in the back with their own little orange earplugs in (if they remembered them) getting blasted by the wind, because I liked to go doors open -- especially when carrying unwashed infantry-types.

[@ZamaMsimanga-j2p]

Nonsense. Are not a pilot.I can tell

[@artmiranda888]

All this sounds shady AF. The US people should already know what happened here.

[@joso5554]

A supposedly « VIP priority transport » helo crew and on a training/evaluation mission with no passengers ran into the protected final approach path of an airliner for fault of being modest and careful enough to double check before asserting they were watching the proper incoming traffic, which was coming from a totally different direction than what they wrongly thought. Arrogance and cockiness and carelessness killed 64 civilians.

[@LiemNguyen-fh6qk]

Blackhawk has been around since 1960s and all of the sudden the news media are shock.

[@MHick15]

Night Missions do require NVG's (Night Vision Goggles) depending on the mission!

[@joso5554]

What about in the middle of a sea of city lights in the early evening with traffic jams everywhere, and in the middle of the approach paths to a busy airport?? Sounds great. Or maybe wearing NVGs brings extra bonus per flight hour, regardless of being used exactly for what it was never designed ??

[@joso5554]

Evaluation flight : failed. Evaluating instructor’s mission : failed. VIP passengers loss : zero. Just a minor incident. Soldiers need to take risks for proper training. Let’s move on. This is just insanity.

[@scottgarber4558]

I think the planes were too close together, one just barley took off before next plane was landing right behind it

[@joso5554]

You world class couch expert go lecture ATC and airlines about how to manage airport traffic.

[@scottgarber4558]

@joso5554 why you mad

[@Agent-cu5pv]

Does military training include playing with innocent civilian's lives???

[@joso5554]

Apparently it does, routinely.

[@ChrisDavis-dt6xx]

Yes A crew of 4. Not 3

[@ambermay77]

The most notorious criminals often leave behind the biggest mysteries. ❓

[@ConstructiveMinds100]

Even if they wore that night vision goggles with sides limited visibility they were going straight ahead at this plane. Still doesn't add up.

[@joso5554]

Absolutely not. The CRJ was circling on the east side then turning back left for runway 33. 40° from the main runway axis of 01. Far from head on. Get informed properly.

[@NinaFahey]

Apparently it depends on who's flying and who's with them. A helicopter has more maneuverability than a commercial airline.

[@ConstructiveMinds100]

They didn't even attamp sharp turn or duck. Were the goggles hacked?

[@nadajnik_DX]

ESPECIALLY WHILE LANDING!

[@nadajnik_DX]

@@ConstructiveMinds100 WITH SO MANY EMBASSIES AROUND HACKING GOGGLES COULD NOT BE EXCLUDED AS AN OPTION!

[@kelsiewilliams8193]

why dont they do their stunt mission in a desert..and not near a airport.

[@williamevans9426]

Hegseth certainly seems to be implying here that the collision was the fault of the helicopter and an 'elevation issue' it encountered, as opposed to a vector error by either the helicopter or the passenger aircraft. Is he aware of something not yet divulged 'in terms' to the public, or is he just speculating? Given the specificity of the word 'elevation', it sounds like the former to me. How long before the DoD 'comes clean', or is Hegseth misleading us?

[@freddiecarr7602]

The Copter in route 1 was at 200' rp to the bridge-after its 300' so the copter was ascending from 200 to 300 while the RJ was descending form 500 to 300' at the bridge where the copter struck it. It appears to me the copter pilot with NV had an elevation visual problem as he was looking at the plane coming in behind the one on top of him! Accident----bad, but an accident.

[@williamevans9426]

@@freddiecarr7602 Many thanks for explaining the probable meaning of the term 'elevation issue' in Mr Hegseth's comments. 'Much appreciated!

[@nadajnik_DX]

WORDS 'elevation issue' SAID BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SOUND TO ME MURKY, RIDICULOUS AND UNACCEPTABLE! THE WHOLE HIS EXPLANATION LANGUAGE I CONSIDER A ROUTINE ON SUCH OCCASIONS FORKED TONGUE!

[@williamevans9426]

@@nadajnik_DX I suspect that, like me, you presumed an elevation issue to relate to a problem with the helicopter's ability to rise and descend, not to the inability of the helicopter crew to see the plane. I have a feeling that Hegseth thought the same as us.

[@edmund2j]

It's already an established fact (based on the videos of the com between the Helo and the tower and radar) that the copter was flying above the 200 feet altitude ceiling. The CRJ is already descending as expected. It's a head on collision and the copter was at fault.

[@forzer456]

Watch Trump blame this on DEI 😂

[@Meowlaxative69]

He literally did…..

[@Agent-cu5pv]

Did the pilot have any mental health issues? Debt collection? Divorce with wife? Did he take out a life insurance policy recently? Was the pilot being black mailed by anyone for money? Was the pilot suicidal and wanted to die???

[@vat6989]

Exactly your comment is the one who makes a bit of sense among the non-sensical comments I read so far. Listening to the recordings I have a slight suspicion that the helicopter pilot could have been suicidal. And this may prove Donald Trump right about DEI faul play. Again I could be wrong.

[@CKB-vi8nw]

Yeah I feel like it may be suicidal. They flew that helicopter right into that plane.

[@nadajnik_DX]

VERY REASONABLE QUESTIONS - ESPECIALLY TODAY!

[@joso5554]

@@CKB-vi8nw sure. The plane was just waiting for it, hovering in the middle of the Potomac. Pathetic idiocy.

[@Boardshortsandt]

Hmm, what if they are involved in the Ice raids?

[@joso5554]

Ice is what your brain is filled with. Pathetic conspiracy obsession. Beware of Martians !!

[@blackhawku]

Idk why you people think it’s so hard to believe military aircraft train near civilians aircraft. No matter where you at in the states you are going to see a military aircraft using civilian airports for fuel etc. my hometown is small and the army aircraft stop there for fuel. What’s so hard about that! The military is keeping a lot of these small airports in business . Ex army aviation guy here!

[@Princess-d4f3h]

Captain Steve gave a idea what really happened makes sense watch his video

[@stevenschwizer627]

The president has a pretty good track record. ATC put American Airlines on a direct head-on collision with the helicopter clearing them both into the same airspace not a good idea.

[@Agent-cu5pv]

Its like driving a semi truck thru the railroad crossing with the arms down.....and watching the train wreck the semi in a head on collision.

[@nadajnik_DX]

BINGO!!!

[@joso5554]

Much faster though. And with tons of lights everywhere around that hide the truck from you.

[@nadajnik_DX]

I DO HAVE THE ONLY CRUCIAL IN MY OPINION QUESTION: HOW MANY HOURS OF TRAINING FLIGHTS IN DAYLIGHT (!!!) TIME THIS PARTICULAR PILOT FLEW OVER EXACTLY THE SAME AREA BEFORE AND HOW MUCH LOCAL EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LOCAL CONDITIONS HE DID ACTUALLY COULD GAIN BEFORE IN HIS ROUTINE TRAINING FLIGHTS IN DAYLIGHT? ANOTHER WORDS - HOW FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA'S FLYING CONDITIONS AND AIR TRAFFIC HE ACTUALLY WAS - HENCE HOW COMFORTABLE HE COULD FEEL AT CONTROLS WHILE FLYING THIS MACHINE AT NIGHT TIME JUST BEFORE AND AT THE MOMENT OF CRASH IN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AND MUCH MORE DIFFICULT NIGHT CONDITION OF BUSY AIR TRAFFIC?!

[@4NickAder]

was this another Military Helicopter ordered to fly fast food to trump at the Whitehouse

[@MyWarriorTraining]

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[@Winston_Smith-144]

Sooner or later you mockingbirds are going to have to reveal the identities of the Blackhawk pilots including 'jender' . What about sensitivity to the families of the figure skaters ?

[@11bravo57]

Amongst many other possibilities, perhaps this was a suicide opportunity that presented itself to someone who maybe had already been contemplating it. It's just another potential theory😅

[@Agent-cu5pv]

What's it's like flying in a Black Hawk helicopter the moment it crashes with a commercial jet??? The pilot's last thought must be...."Oh mother of GOD, I fcuked up!!!"

[@joso5554]

Takes much less time. Barely enough to think « Oh… » and that’s over.

[@Agent-cu5pv]

Did the pilot know in advance who was on the flight and plotted to assassinate the passengers?? or blackmailed into the crash???

[@DawoodKhan-e7h]

🌹🎚️🌹its sounds like dark deth n nathin 🌹🥸

[@balticintelligence5713]

WHY IS THE MILITARY TRAINING NEAR CIVILIAN AIRPORT.......WHATS THE COMMON SENSE IN THAT.????.....THE MILITARY MUST TRAIN FAR FROM CIVILIAN POPULATED AREAS......THATS PLAYING WITH FIRE

[@nadajnik_DX]

HOWGH!

[@DawoodKhan-e7h]

🌹🎚️🌹its sounds like dark deth n nathin 🌹🥸