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DC plane crash

Fletch

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Just heard on the news that 24 hrs. before this crash another commercial airliner had a near collision with a helicopter and had to abort his landing.... I mean WTF are helicopters flying in the approach patterns for commercial airliners...
 

jagermeister

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I just don’t understand this whole thing. Number 1… What are the chances that a chopper is flying at precisely the same altitude as an incoming plane… Not only at the same altitude, but also at the same moment needed to strike the plane? And number 2… How does the helicopter pilot (s) NOT see the incoming plane before smashing into it? Choppers are pretty fuggin nimble, relatively speaking. That thing should’ve been able to stop or pull up to avoid the plane with very little warning.

Watching the video footage, I just can’t wrap my head around the fact the chopper flew DIRECTLY into that plane without any noticeable effort of avoidance.
 
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