Plane collides with Blackhawk helicopter Washington DC

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Because they didn’t. If they maneuvered it was because they saw the plane at the last second and tried to avoid it.

I disagree. Please review this video if you have not yet, in addition to the footage that was shared earlier in the thread of the head on collision.



I heard they collided at 1500 feet.

ATC tells PAT25 that the now destroyed civilian plane JIA5342 is at 1200 feet altitude approaching runway 33. This is around 1:30 to 1:40 on the YouTube video.

Then PAT25 alters it course and flies straight into JIA5342 about 1 minute later. It looks like PAT25 ascended and turned into the plane just as the plane turned toward the runway.

Do you want to blame ATC for giving a heads up to PAT25 into the exact path of JIA5342’s descent to the runway?

As PAT25 appears to hit JIA5342 from an angle underneath it, that further suggests to me that JIA5342 could not see PAT25, but PAT25 could see JIA5342.