Plane collides with Blackhawk helicopter Washington DC

[Zaphod58]

The most glaring mistake was the H-60 was too high, for the route. Stay below 200 feet and they will hit some turbulence but will miss each other, am I wrong?

One question I have so if they are using night vision wouldn't that have a HUD where the altitude heading and other info is easily seen?


https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/psa-a...ington-dc/

The issue is that the radar may have been displaying 200 feet, when they were actually higher. The radar in the tower is fairly low fidelity, so it may have read a lower altitude than the Blackhawk was actually at, which would have added another layer to "They're going to miss" mentality by the controller. They won't be able to verify until tomorrow when they can read the CSMU from the Blackhawk.