Plane crashes in D.C.'s Potomac River with 64 on board after midair collision with Army helicopter — live updates
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NTSB NEW Video SALVAGED DC Plane Crash Black Hawk Debris
Jeff Ostroff gives an update into the investigation of the DC Plane crash with American Airlines Flight 5342 and a military Black Hawk helicopter on January 29, 2025. Very detailed videos and photos are shown of the major portions of the plane crash debris and the Black Hawk Helicopter Debris.Investigative Update for Feb 8
All major pieces of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) RJ Aviation (Bombardier) CRJ700 and the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk involved in the Jan. 29 mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport have now been recovered to a secure airport hangar #7 for further examination and documentation. Investigators will look for witness marks on the aircraft that could provide clues to the collision angle. Teams also recovered the CRJ’s Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) and retrieved additional avionics from the Black Hawk.
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration TopoBathy lidar survey from a manned NOAA aircraft was conducted this morning and identified multiple underwater targets that could be additional aircraft debris. Divers investigated those targets today and will continue that work this week.
Investigative Update for Feb. 7
The NTSB, in coordination with the Naval Sea Systems Command Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), offloaded from a barge the wreckage of the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk involved in the Jan. 29 mid-air collision over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport. Additional components of the Bombardier CRJ700 were also offloaded. The wreckage will be placed in a secure hangar at DCA for layout and inspection by investigators.
Topographic/Bathymetric lidar has a visible green laser pulse that can collect elevation data on the land as well as under the water. The survey was requested to identify objects for divers to investigate.
Investigators from the helicopter operations group were at Davison Army Airfield today to examine an exemplar Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. Investigators want to compare the switch settings and other settings from the accident helicopter.
Investigators documented the right wing of the CRJ and recovered its exterior lights, which were sent to NTSB laboratories. Investigators now plan to document the airplane’s left wing.
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Don’t believe everything you see from social media attention grabbers on YouTube or other platforms. We will know exactly what happened between crew interviews, the flight data and cockpit voice recorders. Until it officially comes out I’m very skeptical.
And when it does, we'll still have to take it with a skeptic's pillar of salt.
The government is now completely without candor, credibility, or honesty. But there are always troublemakers and disturbed basement soy-boiz, eager to "make a difference" by whipping up the credulous.
Civilization, industrial society, requires a high level of trust. But we're coming to a point where almost no one can be trusted. What happens, as that unfolds, is societal collapse; but it takes time.
This is part of that ride.
The proof of the pudding is the tasting.
If these misnamed pilots all "passed Federal Requirements" then it appears something is missing in those requirements. As noted by several independent videographers, the plane failed to "flare" up on landing - that has an important function, to put weight on the rear landing gear and increase drag at a time it's needed. They came down hard, level, fast, and after the wing was ripped off, possibly by a collapsing landing-gear strut, the other wing grabbed lift and flipped the fuselage.
Relying on the bureaucratic credentialing of these pilots is an admission of failure.
If these misnamed pilots all "passed Federal Requirements" then it appears something is missing in those requirements. As noted by several independent videographers, the plane failed to "flare" up on landing - that has an important function, to put weight on the rear landing gear and increase drag at a time it's needed. They came down hard, level, fast, and after the wing was ripped off, possibly by a collapsing landing-gear strut, the other wing grabbed lift and flipped the fuselage.
Relying on the bureaucratic credentialing of these pilots is an admission of failure.