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Old Feb 1, 2025 | 5:48 pm
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Originally Posted by LarryJ
Based on the latest NTSB press conference, they reacted about one second prior to the impact both verbally and by increasing the aircraft pitch.
Well, that press conference was interesting. We now have an issue with technology - the radar at DCA showed the chopper at 200' for most all of the flight down the river (i.e, within the limitations of Route 1 and Route 4) in that area. The FDR show the plane at impact at about 325' (plus/minus 25 feet). So there is a lot of speculation now that because the DCA radar was showing 200' as the altitude of the chopper, that less attention may have been paid to the Blackhawk...
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