Plane Crash In Washington - 67 Dead / Missing

[John Arne]

A passenger jet CRJ-700 has collided with a military Black Hawk and crashed into a river.

https://gyazo.com/83bbdf155844b4e6da06442ddfc429b6.jpeg

[Ben]

Footage on the Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_collision) page.

Quite lucky it happened over the river as the death toll could have been a lot higher otherwise.

[Gray Fox]

Having seen the footage this one seems pretty suspect on the helicopter pilot. Completely clear night and the plane had full lights on.

I don't know if the plane pilot had any control at all(doubtful he was alive following contact) but it's lucky the thing landed in a river. Sadly there's surely zero chance of a survivor though.

[Ben]

The US armed forces are never at fault.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yeah, reminds me of Cavalese.

[Shindig]

"This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!"

Donald, can you end your tweets (sorry, TRUTHS) some other way, please?

[Magic]

"CLEAR NIGHT!"

Has he never watched Air Crash Investigation before?

[Shindig]

For what it's worth, the helicopter pilot confirmed to ATC he could see the CRJ and requested visual separation. The CRJ would've been unaware of this communication because military/civ planes are on separate frequencies.

[Kikó]

This is on Trump. Already degrading safety in America.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Balloon is becoming more deadly.

[niko_cee]

God just didn't think any of these people were going to be needed to save America.

What is that, the third major commercial air disaster this year? Feels like a lot.

[Magic]

No survivors.

Don't get this at all. The helicopter basically ignored air traffic control and drove straight in to the plane. Something fishy.

[Dark Soldier]

Is this down to Bill Gates as well

[Shindig]

Trump being quick to blame diversity hires at ATC make me think he's shagged every child on that plane.

[Pepe]

That is obviously the biggest of reaches but, I talked about it here before, the DEI stuff in ATC was pretty mental.

Someone who worked in my company was in the plane.

[Shindig]

Is it DEI or is it simply an controller shortage that means they'll take on allcomers? It's an intense gig and you can't just throw anybody at it.

[Pepe]

Found it. It was definitely DEI gone mad.

https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-faas-hiring-scandal-a-quick-overview

[Pepe]

Tldr (from memory): someone complained there were not enough blacks. Exam was changed from intelligence based to more 'sociological' based. Things that gave you high points: being bad at math in school and long unemployment (:lol:). Black associations were given access to the exam beforehand and told how to answer to get high grades. Everyone else was blindsided.

[Spoonsky]

“If your email address does not include your first and last name then change it. For example: Denzel.Washington@gmail.com.”

Ffs :D

[Yevrah]

You think things had gone nuts enough over here and then you see what the US has been up to. Absolute madness.

[Shindig]

Even so, a President shouldn't be entertaining that ahead of an actual investigation that will almost certainly conclude pilot error. 'cos the pilot mistook one CRJ for another, ascended to 400 feet on a 200 foot limit, was off-course anyway and was wearing night vision goggles. I fail to see what else the ATC could've done.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You think things had gone nuts enough over here and then you see what the US has been up to. Absolute madness.

All our stuff was a watered down version of theirs, in the same way that Five Guys inexplicably takes market share over here because American = aspirational in some people's minds.

[Shindig]

Five Guys fries are outstanding but I wouldn't part with British prices for them.

[Magic]

Five Guys fries are outstanding but I wouldn't part with British prices for them.

They were ridiculously expensive in 2019, Christ knows what they are now.

[Ben]

Of all the American burger places, only Five Guys is any good. But you're easily looking at >£40 for two people, which is pretty insane for a burger and chips. They sell beer though.

[Yevrah]

Almost everything in the UK is grossly overpriced at the moment.

[Boydy]

Almost everyone in the UK is grossly underpaid.

[Boydy]

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:D

It's a horrible tragedy and all but he is a funny man.

[Magic]

I know it's funny but it's absolutely repulsive this is a world leader. Repulsive. It's what you'd expect from a chaotic troll on the fringes of an extreme social group in the dark corners of the internet.

[Spikey M]

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:D

It's a horrible tragedy and all but he is a funny man.

:lol:

[Ben]

It's funny but it's not. I laughed regardless.

[Pepe]

:lol:

[Waffdon]

I know it's funny but it's absolutely repulsive this is a world leader. Repulsive. It's what you'd expect from a chaotic troll on the fringes of an extreme social group in the dark corners of the internet.

I never had you turning into the biggest lefty on the board a few years ago

[Magic]

I never had you turning into the biggest lefty on the board a few years ago

I'm antiwork, not lefty.

[Pepe]

:harold:

[Pepe]

I never had you turning into the biggest lefty on the board a few years ago

And they say that schools don't brainwash people. He went to uni for what? a week? and look what we got back.