Sees an explosion, starts shouting "allahu akbar".
Philadelphia is a Sanctuary City, which means Muzzies are likely illegal immigrants. (Pennsylvania is a Democrat-control state.)OT; why are there so many muzzies in Philly while Aussie families are denied their green card?
Family can withhold release of the name.I still haven't heard of ID on the blackhawk pilot. Probably they are investigating everything possible before they disclose his/her ID. Any updates on that?
I still haven't heard of ID on the blackhawk pilot. Probably they are investigating everything possible before they disclose his/her ID. Any updates on that?
Family can withhold release of the name.
The third soldier aboard the Black Hawk that crashed into the American Airlines plane has been identified as Capt. Rebecca Lobach, who previously worked as a White House aide in the Biden admin.
Lobach, 28, served as an aviation officer in the Army.
“We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Rebecca. She was a bright star in all our lives. Rebecca was a warrior and would not hesitate to defend her country in battle," her family said.
According to CBS, Lobach served as a White House social aide under the Biden administration. Last month, she escorted Ralph Lauren when he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Biden.
They released it.
The reporting on this whole story is extremely confusing. The Blackhawk helicopter has two seats in the front for the pilot and the copilot, and then there is one non-rated crew member in back. Depending on the current mission, the crew member in back may operate a machine gun, carry out search and rescue activities with the hoist and rescue basket on the side, or handle sling load cargo operations. If none of these activities is being carried out, the crew member still has the responsibility to watch out the sides of the helicopter, and watch for possible collision risks, including other aircraft, radio towers, power lines, and collision threats during landing and takeoff.There were two other experienced pilots onboard and they couldn't take control from her?
That was my question too. I had a conversation about this with a pilot today and he said helo pilots apparently cannot visually see well above them due to the effect of the rotor . Could have obstructed everyone’s vision until it was too late to correct. It remains that the chopper was above the ceiling and appeared to have been heading somewhat level with the plane until the point of impact. You would think they would have seen something at some time before it was too late, but maybe not.There were two other experienced pilots onboard and they couldn't take control from her?
My guess is that this young female White House aide, who is also an Army Reserve pilot, was in the co-pilot seat, and was not flying the aircraft. If she did actually have control of the aircraft at the moment of impact, they should say so, but even then the head pilot would have responsibility for the flight at all times.
In air traffic control (ATC), “requested visual separation” means that a pilot is asking for permission to maintain their own safe distance from other aircraft using visual cues rather than relying on ATC instructions.
This usually happens in good weather when pilots can clearly see other aircraft. ATC may approve it if they believe the pilot can safely manage the separation without additional help.
That makes sense. I would say in that case it was the instructor's responsibility to have figured out why the tower kept warning them about another plane, just as he was flying through the landing path of a major airport with ADS-B turned off.From what I've been reading, this was an evaluation flight. She was flying the helo from the co-pilot's seat, with the instructor watching her from the first pilot's seat, from where he could take over the control.
Investigators have found conflicting altimeter readings from the control tower data of the Black Hawk military helicopter and the passenger jet that collided over Washington on Jan. 29.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials told reporters on Feb. 1 that preliminary altimeter data do not match the events on the night of the deadly accident.
Officials said the control tower recorded the Black Hawk helicopter flying at an altitude of 200 feet at the time of the collision, in line with its maximum allowed altitude for its flight path.
However, data from the passenger jet’s flight recorder show the collision occurred at an altitude of about 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet.