Originally Posted by
Prob30Tempo TSRA
Is there any audio suggesting the heli acknowledged the instruction to pass behind ?
it seems fairly obvious where the blame lies but more interesting is the systematic failures that lead to them being there .
There is some audio around on Youtube. Scanner stuff for arrivals at Reagan. CRJ can be heard accepting runway 33.
Arrivals tells PAT25 Heli to keep watch for CRJ. There is no acknowledgment. Arrivals then tells PAT 25 to pass behind CRJ. There is no acknowledgment. Then boom.
Capt Sully responded today. Said dark water gives no indication of height or direction of other aircraft. Put to bed Trumps remarks that it was a clear night so should have seen aircraft but then he now reckons it's the control tower that are the problem.