For everyone curious, it was the black hawks fault. DC is a very busy airport, the American Airlines CRJ was cleared to land, the black hawk needed to cross. ATC told the black hawk to wait until the CRJ passed them before crossing and to confirm visual separation from the CRJ, in layman terms, keep the plane in sight and stay away. The Black hawk confirmed they would maintain visual separation. The problem? They had the WRONG PLANE in sight. So they thought they had more room so started moving to maintain visual separation from the WRONG plane, and they got right in the path of the CRJ, they collided. Leading to the first major airline crash on US soil in nearly 16 years. Terribly sad.
I live in Wichita, Kansas, where Flight 5342 originated. The feeling around here is very somber right now. The local news just finally signed off after officials said there would be no further updates tonight, the anchors were barely holding it together. 60 passengers plus 4 crew on board that plane, at this point likely all dead. Allegedly 19 passengers were members of the US Womens' Figure Skating team returning from the championships in Wichita. As of now, CBS reports 18 bodies recovered.
Noone will know full story for a year or so when the FAAs transcripts are released and timelines established, but there was a seemingly similar incident quite a few year ago out west with a private plane and a passenger jet, losing site of each other for a moment- last jet conversation in cockpit was ‘ he was right there ‘ speaking of the private plane ‘ that it happened again is the sad part
NicNac2017 on January 30th, 2025 at 05:47 UTC »
For everyone curious, it was the black hawks fault. DC is a very busy airport, the American Airlines CRJ was cleared to land, the black hawk needed to cross. ATC told the black hawk to wait until the CRJ passed them before crossing and to confirm visual separation from the CRJ, in layman terms, keep the plane in sight and stay away. The Black hawk confirmed they would maintain visual separation. The problem? They had the WRONG PLANE in sight. So they thought they had more room so started moving to maintain visual separation from the WRONG plane, and they got right in the path of the CRJ, they collided. Leading to the first major airline crash on US soil in nearly 16 years. Terribly sad.
EvilDarkCow on January 30th, 2025 at 06:44 UTC »
I live in Wichita, Kansas, where Flight 5342 originated. The feeling around here is very somber right now. The local news just finally signed off after officials said there would be no further updates tonight, the anchors were barely holding it together. 60 passengers plus 4 crew on board that plane, at this point likely all dead. Allegedly 19 passengers were members of the US Womens' Figure Skating team returning from the championships in Wichita. As of now, CBS reports 18 bodies recovered.
Coreysurfer on January 30th, 2025 at 11:19 UTC »
Noone will know full story for a year or so when the FAAs transcripts are released and timelines established, but there was a seemingly similar incident quite a few year ago out west with a private plane and a passenger jet, losing site of each other for a moment- last jet conversation in cockpit was ‘ he was right there ‘ speaking of the private plane ‘ that it happened again is the sad part
PSA flight 182