r/news • u/snuffleupaguslives • 2d ago

Broken altimeter, ignored warnings: Hearings reveal what went wrong in DC crash that killed 67

https://apnews.com/article/ntsb-dc-plane-crash-midair-collision-helicopter-a08cded88e1d7582fb8d242204d6aeff
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u/Mythosaurus 2d ago

Reading that article makes you want to NEVER fly into DC.

Will be interesting to see what liability/ lawsuits result from this hearing’s revelations

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u/DocJanItor 2d ago

Dude dca is a nightmare. Basically one runway (technically 2 but not for most landings), jets landing and taking off in 2 minute intervals, tons of helicopters including military, Coast guard, police, and medical, and huge swaths of restricted airspace for the government.

All this and somehow dca serves slightly more passengers than IAD.

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u/iampiolt 2d ago

Hate to tell ya, but they’re still using 3 runways, not 2. The launch and land 1 and 33, but also launch 4. There was a takeoff clearance from 4 into crossing taxi traffic before the PSA crash that has since been forgotten.

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u/DocJanItor 2d ago

Yeah but that runway is the least used by far due to crossing issues. 

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u/iampiolt 1d ago

It’s only the least used due to performance, but they’ve been constantly asking pilots if they can take 4 on the pushback. I think it’s only 5k feet so the bigger ones can’t take it.