Planet Stupid

[Ezechiel]

My heart goes to the victims.

Reagan Washington National airport, likely the busiest airport, designed for max 15,000,000 passengers per year and currently managing over 25,000,000.

Somehow, somewhere.... someone decided it was a good idea to plan a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter training flight that intersects the final approach landing flight path.

I give up man.... unbelievable...

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/plane-crash-dca-potomac-washington-dc-01-29-25/index.html?t=1738206614132

 

[Gene Steinberg]

They won't invest the money to expand the facilities to accommodate the high load. And there's a shortage of air traffic controllers, likely because they won't invest in new hires. It requires lots of training. They are too busy cutting back on government than insuring the safety of the people who fly those planes.

 

[Ezechiel]

They won't invest the money to expand the facilities to accommodate the high load. And there's a shortage of air traffic controllers, likely because they won't invest in new hires. It requires lots of training. They are too busy cutting back on government than insuring the safety of the people who fly those planes.

A.I. to the rescue.
This should be the first job for Musk... especially with this kind of volume: implement via A.I. all ATC functions for high volume airports.
ATC is relatively complex requiring 3D observation and quick/timely decision making. Isn't it nuts to leave that in the hands of an understaffed team of humans.

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Especially if you're going to add military chopper training in the flight paths of these airports.

 

[Richard Hawkins]

They won't invest the money to expand the facilities to accommodate the high load. And there's a shortage of air traffic controllers, likely because they won't invest in new hires. It requires lots of training. They are too busy cutting back on government than insuring the safety of the people who fly those planes.

Yea all I can say to is to all in the USA who have lost someone. My sympathies are with you.

 

[Ezechiel]

MSN

 

[Squirrel]

One video reports that pilots have been complaining about that specific hazard for years.

I suggest the overall responsibility for the crash lies with those who plan and implement the air navigation routes.

The approach/takeoff paths to Reagan International virtually intersect the helo route going by there in terms of altitude. A hundred or two feet separation is guaranteed to result in a disaster. Doesn't take much of an altimeter error to be off by a couple of hundred feet. Amazing it took this long.

I recall taking off from Danbury airport to the south, heading up the canyon approach years ago. An Army helo passed not more than a hundred feet directly under me. A near collision, and a near "pants" event!

-- Squirrel

 

[Richard Hawkins]

One video reports that pilots have been complaining about that specific hazard for years.

I suggest the overall responsibility for the crash lies with those who plan and implement the air navigation routes.

The approach/takeoff paths to Reagan International virtually intersect the helo route going by there in terms of altitude. A hundred or two feet separation is guaranteed to result in a disaster. Doesn't take much of an altimeter error to be off by a couple of hundred feet. Amazing it took this long.

I recall taking off from Danbury airport to the south, heading up the canyon approach years ago. An Army helo passed not more than a hundred feet directly under me. A near collision, and a near "pants" event!

-- Squirrel

That is so stupid that in this era of technology that these people can not work out a safer better route.