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2025-02-01 -Short Attention Span Theater-

WAYNE ROOT: Here is the Best Explanation I've Heard for the Crash at Reagan Airport From An Experienced Blackhawk Pilot and Crew Chief

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Posted by Besoeker 2025-02-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 BREAKING: Plane Crash in Philly Shopping Mall - Massive Debris Field, Multiple Buildings on Fire

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-02-01 02:42|| 2025-02-01 02:42|| Front Page Top

#2
REF: Black Hawk vs AA Jet impact.
Col Joe makes some very valid points, and some serious accountability is in order.

Ref: The Philly Learjet Medical transport Jet vs Mall area impact./strong>
Watching the video. The JET impact looks more like a directed accelerated like missile, than a plane having mechanical issues.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-02-01 04:52|| 2025-02-01 04:52|| Front Page Top

#3 ^^ When my wife and I first saw the Philly security video, I said it looked like a meteorite. We both agreed that it didn't look like a typical airplane crash.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2025-02-01 06:10|| 2025-02-01 06:10|| Front Page Top

#4 ...The DC crash - IMHO, YMMV - is nothing more than a terrible accident, but one that should have been avoidable. It's becoming clear that there have been at least several...well, not necessarily 'close calls', but concerning ones involving helo training in and around the District. I am inclined to believe that the identity of the aircraft commander is irrelevant, but DOD isn't doing itself any favors by sitting on it.

As far as the Philly accident goes, I believe this was an accident as well - though the comparisons between this video and the Pentagon strike on 9/11 are tough to avoid. I've not seen anything yet about a mayday, though it's still early in the investigation.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-02-01 06:54|| 2025-02-01 06:54|| Front Page Top

#5 If the Philly aircraft had hit the mall building it would seem like suspicious. Aiming for the mall parking lot may have been the least bad option that the pilot had.

Posted by Difar Dave 2025-02-01 09:21|| 2025-02-01 09:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Trying desperately to avoit ground casualties. Not an uncommon act of valor for a dying man.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-02-01 09:27|| 2025-02-01 09:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Trump Was Right: FAA Turned Away Qualified Controllers Over Race

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-02-01 11:12|| 2025-02-01 11:12|| Front Page Top

#8 Although not as dramatic, how many Ground Traffic Controller incidents have we read about, too?

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-02-01 13:39|| 2025-02-01 13:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Some report seeing an explosion on the Philly Learjet shortly after takeoff and before it descended. Quite possibly related to medical equipment on board.

If a spark or small explosion occurred it may well have set off the full fuel supply.

Posted by Omoluger Ulising2352 2025-02-01 15:55|| 2025-02-01 15:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Oxygen fires in ambulances can be catastrophic. Possible cause?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-02-01 18:55|| 2025-02-01 18:55|| Front Page Top

#11 Fine. Why was the helicopter near DCA at 350 ft, when the max for the down river corridor was 200 ft? Why the last minute right deviation directly into the regional jet, which was lit up for landing, with the usual string of approaching jets behind it? Why didn't the controller request immediate descent back to the required altitude? Blancolirio Report

Posted by KBK 2025-02-01 20:48|| 2025-02-01 20:48|| Front Page Top

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