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Quote from: keegster on Jan 30, 2025, 14:02It will be interesting to see what role, if any, TCAS played in the accident.
We know the CRJ will have had it installed but possibly not the Blackhawk.
Quote from: angry turnip on Jan 30, 2025, 21:38Quote from: Jimi182 on Jan 30, 2025, 10:04It appears ATC asked if the Blackhawk had the aircraft in sight, but it looks like the Blackhawk saw the flight ahead of the one they crashed into, thinking that was the one ATC were referring to?
So many unknowns, and totally tragic.
I agree, looks to me like the Blackhawk crew may have thought ATC was refering to the departing aircraft,not the arriving one.
The Blackhawk crew would be using nightvision googles,as to that having any bearing on the accident is unclear.
I have read that nightvision goggles can cause some disorientation,especially involving a situation were a bright light would suddenly appear. It`s possible the landing lights of the aircraft on approach caused some confusion with the Blackhawk flight crew.
In the ATC audio that has been released,the contoller does not specifically mention landing traffic to the helicopter.It also seems to me as if the ATC instructions were left a bit late, I would expect ATC to clearly tell the heli to watch for landing traffic inbound and to pass behind it.Also we don`t know yet if the landing CRJ was made aware of the helicopter being close by.