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In article <vumab4$2335q$1@news.tcpreset.net>, LOL  <lol@anon.net> wrote:
>https://www.foxnews.com/us/black-hawk-pilot-failed-heed-flight-instructor-moments-before-plane-collision-over-dc-report
>
> > The pilot of the military Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a
> > passenger airplane over Washington, D.C., in January ignored instructions
> > to change course seconds before the crash, according to a new report.
> >
> > The report, published by the New York Times on Sunday, detailed the Black
> > Hawk's exchanges with air traffic controllers in the lead-up to the
> > disaster, which left 67 people dead.
> >
> > According to the report, the Black Hawk pilot, Capt. Rebecca Lobach, was
> > conducting her annual flight evaluation and her co-pilot, Chief Warrant
> > Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, was serving as her flight instructor.
> >
> > When air traffic controllers informed the Black Hawk that there was an
> > airliner nearby, Lobach and Eaves acknowledged the message and requested
> > to fly by "visual separation," a common practice that allows aircraft to
> > avoid collisions based on their own observations rather than following
> > instructions from air traffic control.
> >
> > "The Black Hawk was 15 seconds away from crossing paths with the jet.
> > Warrant Officer Eaves then turned his attention to Captain Lobach. He told
> > her he believed that air traffic control wanted them to turn left, toward
> > the east river bank," the Times wrote.
> >
> > "Turning left would have opened up more space between the helicopter and
> > Flight 5342, which was heading for Runway 33 at an altitude of roughly 300
> > feet. She did not turn left," the report said.
> >
> > Lobach, of Durham, North Carolina, served as an aviation officer in the
> > Army beginning in July 2019, and had around 500 hours of flying time in
> > the Black Hawk, the Army said in a release.
> >
> > Lobach was assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion in Fort Belvoir,
> > Virginia. Her awards included the Army Commendation Medal, Army
> > Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon,
> > according to the Army.
> >
> > She was also a White House military social aide in the Biden
> > administration.
> >
> > The third member of the flight crew, along with Lobach and Eaves, was
> > Staff Sgt. Ryan O'Hara.
> >
> > The crash instantly caused national scrutiny on air traffic control
> > policies, with Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy opening an investigation.
> >
> > Duffy announced plans in March to bolster airport air traffic control
> > systems with the latest technology over the next four years, while also
> > using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify "hot spots" where close
> > encounters between aircraft occur frequently.
> >
> > There have been 85 near-misses or close calls at Reagan National,
> > according to a report from the National Travel Safety Board (NTSB). Close
> > calls were identified as incidents when there are less than 200 feet of
> > vertical separation and 1,500 feet of lateral separation between aircraft.
> >
> > "We're having near-misses, and if we don't change our way, we're going to
> > lose lives," Duffy told reporters at the time. "That wasn't done. Maybe
> > there was a focus on something other than safety, but in this
> > administration, we are focusing on safety."

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