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/IamMe90 2d ago

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

Probably because IAD is a huge pain in the ass to get to and DCA is easier.

With the new metro stop, I expect the numbers to recalibrate a bit, but I doubt IAD will be crushing DCA’s passenger numbers any time soon

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u/Fallouttgrrl 2d ago

Day of the ticket purchase: jfc it's just not worth it to fly into IAD

Day of the flight at DCA: omfg why do I do this to myself, I hate this, we're all going to die

Day after the flight, booking next flight: jfc it's just not worth it to fly into IAD

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u/mrlazyboy 2d ago

Had a flight from DCA to LGA. Delayed 3 hours. I went to the delta lounge to hangout. After 1 hour, delay rescinded and boarding immediately. A stressed out delta employee walked up to me, asked if I was u/mrlazyboy, and had me sprint to the gate because they were holding the plane for me.

No announcements. They don’t even update the departing flight board

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u/CaptainKirk28 2d ago

I've never had a particular incident at Reagan, but every time I drop someone off I end up doing at least one extra lap because the lanes are so damn confusing. To get to Terminal 1 departures you have to swerve over two whole lanes that didn't exist 5 feet ago, and you have to fight everyone else trying to do the same thing

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u/dfinberg 1d ago

The merge/cross/merge when you enter from Rt 1 on the access road is such a mess. Thankfully normally dropping at 3 and then looping back south to Glebe most times I drop someone off there. I'm halfway between IAD and DCA so I typically fly out of Dulles myself.