Originally Posted by
jumpseater
A possibility I can see here is that the PAT25 crew misidentified AAL3130 (on extended final for 01) as the CRJ. If so, they didn't see the CRJ to their left and possibly above them descending. If the CRJ descended into the helicopter from above the CRJ crew would likely not have seen PAT25 as it would have been in the blind spot underneath the nose.
Yes, that is very much a possibility. Confirmed via US Defence Secretary that the crew were on night vision goggle flight. Did the helo pilot call visual on AAL3130 Airbus A319 that was on approach?
See following video.