News tonight of a government BlackHawk helicopter on a VIP transport training mission causing a midair collisions with a commercial airliner landing in DC.
Unconfirmed reports of four survivors so far, developing situation.
This is the most serious domestic US commercial air disaster since 2009.
#DC #PlaneCrash #US #military #AA5342 #TCAS #Aviation #AmericanAirlines #blackhawk
Unconfirmed reports of four survivors so far, developing situation.
This is the most serious domestic US commercial air disaster since 2009.
#DC #PlaneCrash #US #military #AA5342 #TCAS #Aviation #AmericanAirlines #blackhawk
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nullagent •
Footage shows the American Airlines flight apparently on final approach being struck by the BlackHawk helicopter.
The Blackhawk was not broadcasting an ADS-B position.
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL5342
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AA5342 (AAL5342) American Airlines Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware
FlightAwarenullagent •
However the airspace was fairly busy with a flight departing at the same time. It's possible the blackhawk crew were monitoring the wrong flight.
The VIP flight's position is a low quality estimate and was likely not operating TCAS or ADS-B transponders at the time of the deadly crash.
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globe.adsbexchange.comBrian Campbell •
TCAS should work with just plain Mode S, which is what MLAT depends on, but at that altitude TCAS will only issue traffic advisories ("traffic! traffic!"), not resolution advisories ("climb! climb!").
And yeah, in night VFR, it's quite easy to miss or mistake a flight; it can be very hard to distinguish one set of blinking lights in the dark from another set of blinking lights.
LukefromDC •