Context: Google "Philly Plane Crash"
Just happened like a hour ago
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this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2025
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Was it a Boeing?
Its a Learjet, which is now bought by Bombardier. The other plane crash earlier this week was also a Bombardier. Coincidence? ๐ค
We might have another contender to the role of "Worst Plane Manufacturer"
Edit: To be fair, the other incident also involved a helicopter, we don't know which was at fault, and it could be pilot error, rather than mechanical failure.
Respectfully, for the DCA incident, a military helicopter LITERALLY RAMMED INTO A JET THAT WAS 4 SECONDS FROM LANDING. There was no mechanical error.
The consensus on r/aviation is that it was the helicopter pilot's error, and it was a long time coming with the near-misses that have happened at that airport. Considering a lot of the people on that subreddit are actual pilots/military people/have access to ATC chatter, I'm gonna trust their opinions more.
I don't usually recommend going to reddit, but the r/aviation megathreads after the Jeju Air crash and then these two incidents were very informative. Plus the mods + community work very hard to keep away ignorant comments and conspiracy nuts.
So now we open into individual responsibility vs collective responsibility, the FAA and NTSB are the regulation bodies to force airlines and airports to fix these issues, but that's big government regulation
Absolutely, something some people in the r/aviation megathread were discussing as well. Quite a few of them stated they hated takeoff/landing at DCA specifically because it's probably the busiest airspace in the world, and there is always military crafts in that airspace.
The big friction seems to be that there is a big military base right on the other side of the Potomac that has a lot of VIP air traffic as well as training flights in an overlapping corridor to the commercial flights. I'm not sure how the politics interplay between the military and the DCA authority there, but it can't have been easy to work ATC.
Again, that sub is always very informative. Helps alleviate my fear of flying quite a bit LOL.
Actually found the thread I was reading regarding what the opinion is on the FAA's role. Quite a few angry comments in there about how it's a systemic issue.
NSFW Warning: The post that thread is on is video captured of the moment of collision. Also reddit link.