Leekbrookgull
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Out of interest who gets first call on the B/B recorders Civil or Military aviation, or will it be a shared investigation ?
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[News] American Airlines flight from Wichita Kansas to Reagan National Airport has crashed into the Potomac River
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Gazwag
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Maybe they will get the one from their aircraft first but whether the military will share is another matter
Leekbrookgull
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Then Gazwag as well we know what happens next conspiracy theories, which to a degree one can understand from the POV is someone hiding something ?
Fignon's Ponytail
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My brother-in-law was on SKY News about 11.10 this morning talking about the crash, and the factors involved with night flying, as an ex RAF Chinook Sqdn Leader. Very interesting what he was saying if anyone can find it online.
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 16,666
The majority of the comments involving him are about what he's said/posted about the crash, no? So completely relevant to the conversation/thread...
Interestingly, whenever I want to know the inside track on a Saudi bid for Mitoma or Hurzeler's tactics for Forest, the first place I go is pprune.
And interestingly when i want the inside track on Cockapoos, Indian Restaurants, or where i get my posh middle aged shop from I head to a Brighton fans football forum.
I’m not sure what your point is but ask yourself whether you might be in fact playing the player here and as a moderator why bother shit stirring almost 24 hours after i posted? Well?
He was brilliant
Clearer video of the crash. Happened so quickly.
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Appreciate that some online are saying the chopper pilot was mistakenly watching the plane behind in the Q (for landing) and was also too high...but it still seems bizarre they can't see each other's lights.
Almost exactly 24 hours prior to the crash another helicopter forced a plane to go around at the same location when they received a collision avoidance alert. Pure uneducated guesswork but my instinct is the military were getting more and more lax and risky probably due to the amount of times they had done the manoeuvre and finally they got too close.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,160
seen couple of comments around this, say that lights get lost in the city. it seems quite plausible a pilot doesnt see a near static light (coming to wards them) while attention drawn to others further away.
from my armchair the obvious risk is the route they take, which could be mitigated by sticking to a corridor tight long west bank of the river below 200 ft. or a protocol to just fking stop, something choppers can do, rather than say "we'll track visually now".
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
- 7,113
PPRUNE is the site for you. And you might just get celebrity pilot Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson chipping in as he's a fairly regular poster.
Motogull
Todd Warrior
- Sep 16, 2005
- 10,792
I love Chinooks me. He's a spawny git.
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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They are mighty impressive. We had a look up the first few feet of the ramp when my mate passed out at Odiham many years back. He went on to be a pilot in the Chinooks based at Odiham and Benson.
He's now Chinook Flight Commander responsible direct to HQ JHC for independent Test and Evaluation of all Chinook operational upgrades.
AZ Gull
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A small plane has crashed near a mall in Philadelphia:-
BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
- 18,931
Bloody inclusion!
That seems quite a big fire for a small plane.