Dry run to bang period of time had to be very short due to counterintelligence. 24 hours is a short period to figure out WTF just happened before intended target was hit.
1 day before fatal crash, a helicopter near miss was reported at Reagan National
Twenty-four hours before Wednesday's deadly crash between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, a near miss between another helicopter and a commercial plane transpired, the Washington Post reported.
As Republic Airlines Flight 4514 approached Reagan National Airport just after 8:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the plane's cockpit crew alerted the control tower that a helicopter had appeared near its flight path.
“We had an RA with a helicopter traffic below us,” a crew member told air traffic controllers at roughly 8:05 p.m., the Post reported, using the abbreviation for a resolution advisory, which pilots use to indicate their plane is at risk of colliding with another aircraft.
Flight 4514 aborted its initial attempt at landing, making a loop and successfully touching down at 8:16 p.m., according to flight records obtained by the Post.
Dry run to bang period of time had to be very short due to counterintelligence. 24 hours is a short period to figure out WTF just happened before intended target was hit.
Wednesday's crash came just 24 hours after a near miss between another commercial jet and a helicopter at Reagan National
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1 day before fatal crash, a helicopter near miss was reported at Reagan National Twenty-four hours before Wednesday's deadly crash between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, a near miss between another helicopter and a commercial plane transpired, the Washington Post reported.
As Republic Airlines Flight 4514 approached Reagan National Airport just after 8:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the plane's cockpit crew alerted the control tower that a helicopter had appeared near its flight path.
“We had an RA with a helicopter traffic below us,” a crew member told air traffic controllers at roughly 8:05 p.m., the Post reported, using the abbreviation for a resolution advisory, which pilots use to indicate their plane is at risk of colliding with another aircraft.
Flight 4514 aborted its initial attempt at landing, making a loop and successfully touching down at 8:16 p.m., according to flight records obtained by the Post.