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It was an accident waiting to happen for years.

NTSB recommends actions at hearing on deadly midair collision near Washington, DC | AP News

$400 GPS device could have prevented deadly midair crash near DC: NTSB chair - ABC News


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Topic starter Posted : 01/28/2026 3:11 pm
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Posted by: @aloha-hoosier

It was an accident waiting to happen for years.

NTSB recommends actions at hearing on deadly midair collision near Washington, DC | AP News

$400 GPS device could have prevented deadly midair crash near DC: NTSB chair - ABC News

So many near misses prior to this.  Thankfully they've shut down military helicopter flights near Reagan. This was such an awful tragedy for all involved.  

I've flown into and out of DCA several times (although not since this disaster) and the landings there, at least in my experience, are like no other.  Because of all the restricted air space, it's a crazy, zig-zag approach.  Almost has the feel of an amusement park ride.  I like that sensation only at amusement parks.  

 


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Posted : 01/28/2026 11:24 pm
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Posted by: @aloha-hoosier

It was an accident waiting to happen for years.

NTSB recommends actions at hearing on deadly midair collision near Washington, DC | AP News

$400 GPS device could have prevented deadly midair crash near DC: NTSB chair - ABC News

So many near misses prior to this.  Thankfully they've shut down military helicopter flights near Reagan. This was such an awful tragedy for all involved.  

I've flown into and out of DCA several times (although not since this disaster) and the landings there, at least in my experience, are like no other.  Because of all the restricted air space, it's a crazy, zig-zag approach.  Almost has the feel of an amusement park ride.  I like that sensation only at amusement parks.  

 

Flew into Reagan about every other month for the last few years before I retired, including after that incident. Don’t remember it being too eventful. The airport has improved since COVID. 

 


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Topic starter Posted : 01/29/2026 12:06 am
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Aloha and I don’t agree on much, but we see eye to eye on this. Women helicopter pilots are an accident waiting to happen. 


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Posted : 01/29/2026 1:15 am
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No, safe to say we don’t agree on anything.


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Topic starter Posted : 01/29/2026 2:24 am
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Posted by: @aloha-hoosier

It was an accident waiting to happen for years.

NTSB recommends actions at hearing on deadly midair collision near Washington, DC | AP News

$400 GPS device could have prevented deadly midair crash near DC: NTSB chair - ABC News

I don't think visual separation shuold be allowe there.  The ATC could easily have told him to hold until the airplane was past.  He told him to go behind at the last moment.

 


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