Tragic Aerial collision over the Potomac

[Bad Santa]

I don't know if there were survivors​

Black Hawk that collided with American Airlines jet was on training flight​

The U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with American Airlines Flight 5342 over the Potomac River was on a training flight at the time, according to Heather Chairez, spokesperson for Joint Task Force-National Capital Region.

"We can confirm that the aircraft involved in tonight’s incident was an Army UH-60 helicopter from Bravo Company, 12th Aviation Battalion, out of Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir during a training flight.

The following has regular updates.

DC plane crash live updates: Fatalities after Army helicopter collides with regional jet

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, Wednesday night, prompting a multi-agency search-and-rescue operation, according to officials. The Federal Aviation...

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[Daytona500]

this has nothing to do with drones why bring this tragedy up here

 

[msinger]

this has nothing to do with drones

The "Off Topic" category (this category) is for topics not about drones.

 

[MA2 317]

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[Bad Santa]

My bad. I saw a forum called "news" and thought that was the right place.

 

[msinger]

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[Mrktn]

Absolutely tragic, my thoughts are with all those who lost their lives and their friends and families

 

[msinger]

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[VenomXts]

Horrible tragedy, is it wrong I was just thinking thank God it wasent a drone.....

 

[msinger]

Here's a good video. This guy gives a solid explanation of how the crash likely happened.

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[Bad Santa]

Horrible tragedy, is it wrong I was just thinking thank God it wasent a drone.....

Part of why I posted it here.

 

[msinger]

Limited details available here from the FAA:

https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:8932859478929::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_FATAL_FLG:30-JAN-25,YES

 

[sar104]

The NTSB released aerial video of the crash site, that they acquired using what appears to be a Phantom 4. I guess I would have expected, firstly, that they would use more recent equipment and, secondly, that they would not be using DJI aircraft.

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[Kilrah]

I mean what are you gonna do when you're banned from buying newer models but there's no worthy alternative

 

[sar104]

I mean what are you gonna do when you're banned from buying newer models but there's no worthy alternative

Maybe they are using Phantoms because they can't buy newer models, but the federal ban on DJI doesn't just cover buying new models - it prohibits use of any DJI equipment. I've been futilely fighting that battle for many years now, and forced to use substandard, but approved, non-DJI aircraft as a result.

Either way, it does perhaps send an interesting message that they are still using very old DJI aircraft rather than newer US-approved aircraft.