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Hagbard Celine

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  1. army has officially released names of eaves & o'hara 3rd name not announced at all
  2. punt to faa punt to ntsb punt to faa punt to feds punt to feds punt to faa & congress confidence in location of remaining bodies: "we think we know where they are", "believe when they remove the aircraft they will get clarity", "hasn't been decided how they are going to get the wreckage out" 23 bodies not yet recovered
  3. most of the presser so far has been dca dudes questions 50% on bodies/recovery 50% on heliroutes 1 & 4 and resumption of ops, the 2 shorter crosswind strips 4/22 & 15/33 are closed, movements reduced, probably for a week "most recovery options today focused on the mh-60" "staffing of tower faa" "closure routes 1 & 4 is faa"
  4. quashed A trans National Guard pilot was falsely accused of flying the helicopter in the fatal plane collision Liam Reilly By Liam Reilly, CNN 4 minute read Published 2:20 PM EST, Fri January 31, 2025 https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/media/trans-pilot-black-hawk-crash/index.html
  5. the comments from mccormick in my prior post are concerning in several ways but lets see how things play out this afternoon dca presser starting now
  6. does it really matter? the training program to be a controller is long, and rigorous no one gets hired much less gets in the chair without being qualified and that includes the chemical and psychological testing regime that pilots go through, plus background checks, an initial deployment or 3 to a bfe tower before getting assigned to a tower at a large field, etc. it's a meritocracy and no one in the chair was "hired" in to the job; even ex-military controllers have to re-train and re-calibrate for civilian ops regardless of race, religion, sex, non-sex, whatever, every controller has been through the same program and they didn't start training before clearing all of the same hurdles to even get admitted obviously the rj crew have no complicity and don't form one of the holes in the cheese that leaves...... mh-60 crew for "dei blame" and, well, we're missing 1 name...... +++ 2 hr 27 min ago Air traffic control is a “meritocracy,” says former FAA air traffic manager From CNN’s Zoe Sottile The air traffic control profession is a “meritocracy,” according to Michael McCormick, a former FAA air traffic manager and associate professor in air traffic management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. “Only the best can go through the rigorous selection program, the screening program and then one-to-five-year training program prior to receiving their certification,” McCormick told CNN Friday morning. McCormick’s comments come after President Donald Trump blamed DEI policies for the collision. McCormick, who shut down New York City air traffic on 9/11, also said it was common practice for one air traffic controller to work two different tower positions. “In this instance, it was actually a good thing, because now you have one controller who’s actually talking to and controlling both of the aircraft,” he said. “Otherwise, if it was a separate controller, then the two controllers would have to constantly coordinate back and forth about what is happening and what they’re choosing to do.”
  7. the 3rd name is fluid
  8. cnn pentagon reporter natasha bertrand on air just now eaves had 1000 hours o'hara had 500 hours cnn says they don't yet have the 3rd name
  9. canadian counterstrike options https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93qnk92174o
  10. dca local entities presser within the next hour
  11. new video on x https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1885299737567396077?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1885299737567396077|twgr^f609330014fa73261ada72b4ca18f0e55a929832|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fviewfromthewing.com%2Ffaa-bans-helicopters-from-low-flying-in-landing-path-at-washington-national-airport%2F&mx=2
  12. ntsb briefing at 3 central
  13. CNN BREAKING NEWS!!! The names of Eaves and O'Hara were just announced on the air in a 30-second segment, no pics. does anyone have the 3rd name?
  14. heliroutes 1 & 4 closed by faa "inside the bridges"
  15. i stand corrected, fox did report this yesterday; can't find a link to it on their main page: https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-plane-crash-disaster-crew-chief-1-pilot-doomed-army-black-hawk-helicopter-identified they appear to have suppressed it on their main site "cnn.com" "andrew eaves" returns null
  16. former blackhawk pilot says 3 holes in the cheese: 1 - POLICY ERROR: the mh-60 was down a crew member - should have had 4 not 3 crew - specifically should have a 2nd crew chief to clear visual on both sides 2 - PILOT ERROR: mh-60 was supposed to be at 200 feet not 350+ where the collision occurred - was this a result of using night vision? 3 - ATC ERROR: dca tower did not ask MH-60 if they had the rj at 5'oclock - mh-60 field of view (forward) is prima-facie they were looking at the wrong plane when responded affirmative that they had the traffic they needed to avoid - new collision video proves this - zero evasive maneuvers at all +++ not voiced by the ex-pilot is the known tasking issue with 1 not 2 assigned controllers to the event in the dca tower https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/us/video/black-hawk-helicopter-pilot-elizabeth-mccormick-plane-crash-digvid
  17. collision video cnn claiming as exclusive https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/us/video/american-airline-plane-crash-washington-exclusive-video-ldn-digvid
  18. also, iirc a chief warrant officer rank is for someone that trains others in their job
  19. ability to edit above post expired, should have read like this: at 5am bbc reported the below; US MSM media remains silent 4 hours later atlanta journal constitution named o'hara yesterday afternoon but CNN BASED IN ATLANTA has an embargo on both names, pics, etc. https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/gwinnett-high-school-grad-among-soldiers-killed-in-dc-crash/H2QMATWGIRHKPN6ML3Q63HE2YA/ Ryan O'Hara Ryan O'Hara, 29, was the crew chief of the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with the passenger plane, according to CBS News. He leaves behind a wife and one-year-old son, his local Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program said in a social media post confirming his death. O'Hara is "fondly remembered as a guy who would fix things around the ROTC gym as well as a vital member of the rifle team," the post said. Ryan O'Hara Andrew Eaves Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves confirmed that Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves was killed in the collision. Paying tribute to her husband, Carrie Eaves confirmed he was one of the pilots of the Blackhawk helicopter. "We ask that you pray for our family and friends and for all the other families that are suffering today. We ask for peace while we grieve," she wrote on social media. Andrew Eaves:
  20. here's a great summary of the overall faa/atc situation: https://viewfromthewing.com/collision-on-final-approach-sparks-dei-blame-game-the-faas-real-air-traffic-control-crisis-runs-much-deeper/#respond
  21. that's another field that should be shut down other than for emergency use or daylight unlimited visibility use for the aircraft industry businesses on site (like the museum that's there)
  22. the discussion for rational, sane people is going to be in this thread you should go ahead and just move this to cr and please re-label it as "CR DCA mid-air collision thread" or something like that rather than try to title it as something it's not
  23. psa to the maga in here: do not read the comments to that bsky post they will possibly endanger your health
  24. this was posted just a few hours before the crash https://viewfromthewing.com/almost-no-one-can-fly-private-at-washingtons-dca-airport-yet-this-newly-elected-senator-jets-in-and-out-daily/#respond
  25. i'll wager that's what happened we do not have a supercomputer/AI capability which takes all of the TCAS and ADS-B data and projects forward in time - all it does is render on screens and humans have to interpret it this is a perfect opportunity for doge to get a win so he who must not be insulted can spike the football
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