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Old Sep 28, 2001 | 12:44 am
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terradevil
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
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DCA has been considered a hazard for years, mainly because of the likelyhood of a crash on landing on a northern approach. Furthermore, a plane destined for DCA could do a pretty much a perfect final approach, only to deviate within the last mile to mile-and-a-half to crash into a very important target, and the military would never stand a chance to intercept it. Even a plane turning suddenly from Dulles takes about 5 minutes to cover the distance from the IAD takeoff/landing path to DCA/Washington, giving the fighters at Andrews a [slight]chance. But with DCA, the time from a flight deviation to a crash is only a few seconds, and there is absolutely no chance of an intercept.
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