Workshop is still "on-going" with discussions with another council. So in my opinion (nothing official and just going from bits I've heard) it will be 2027 if it does return IF they are taking it year about with Portrush.

A USAF F-35A pilot ejected from his aircraft OTT Eielson AFB Fairbanks AK 28 Jan 2025.
More here from youtube...   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTywe4aBiOU

Ilyushin Il-96TD silk Airways 4K-AZ100 departed 1818 it had arrived 0723 this morning.

It was last in on the 1st February 2025

Some new information has come to light regarding the mid air collision of a US Army Blackhawk and a American Eagle CRJ in Wasington DC.

Taken from You Tube....  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9mAUks0krI

Details coming out about low ATC staffing at Reagan National Airport.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5gyx09pj8o

A new series of Top Guns Inside the RAF starts Channel Four Tuesday 4th Feb at 9pm.
Might be worth a look, as long as it`s not given the OTT drama treatment as often happens with these programmes.

A Learjet 55, Mexican-registry XA-UCI, operating as Med Jets 56,took off from from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport about 18:30 local time and crashed less than four miles away.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg0m5n8g0do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS1w9g6pziE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf3hjHV6a14

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.

Another update which includes info on TCAS which apparently will not operate at below 1000ft,this accident occured around 400ft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouDAnO8eMf8

I honestly don't know,but it does seem like rules in US tend to run things closer than most other nations.
If you look on YouTube for example their are numerous close calls and some really seriously risky procedures and violations. 

It seems to me this accident should have easily prevented by informing both aircraft much earlier,if required,put the heli in a temporary hold,to allow the CRJ to land.

Quote from: angry turnip on Jan 30, 2025, 21:38

Quote 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.

I was wondering the same re was the CRJ made aware of the heli close by? I haven't heard it on the ATC playback. Locally, it's all you hear near BHD, with the police or air ambulance operating near by - both helo and approach/departing are made aware of each other.

Would the Blackhawk have shown on any screen within in the CRJ?