Originally Posted by
TachyonID
Since the Blackhawk pilot was on a different (military) band is it possible he thought AA5342 was landing on 1, not 33?
He may have missed the landing permission to 33 for 5342, even as he lost SA being focused on a plane further out on approach to 1.
He clearly heard the instructions of the LC and responded to the LC, but was badly out of position WRT the approach to 33.
The recreation makes it appear that he was staying parallel to the 1 approach, probably waiting for the "next in line", the landing lights he probably was fixated on.
What makes you think the BlackHawk crew were on UHF, not VHF? Every military aircraft I've ever flown in - and there's been a few - speak to civilian controllers on civil VHF frequencies.