Story on ABC this morning said that helicopter pilot, who was training with night vision goggles on,  had been instructed to hold . Pilot either didn't listen or missed the instruction and they took off anyway.

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John Smith wrote on Jan 31^st, 2025 at 6:17am:


He was instructed by ATC to pass behind the AA commercial flight but appears to not have done so.

Woke infused Muslim terrorist copter pilot.
Hired via Biden's term.

So the copter pilot blamed Trump and took it out on 26 passengers

Here that, everybody?

Blooby says "it's complicated"


Akin to his position of why he is still in the closet.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdx6le5l27o

Mr Butterworth-Hayes said an in-air collision like this requires a number of things going wrong.

He said that in order to fly in civilian airspace, the military helicopter would have needed to be fitted with a transponder alerting surrounding aircraft to its position.

That means both aircraft should have been able to see each other, he says, plus there would have been instructions from air traffic control and an aircraft protection safety device that operate separately from each other.

"On this occasion, you have these two different systems and both should have been able to keep these aircraft separate."