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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
How many seconds are involved in all this happening? Not very many. The helicopter was too high for some reason. Maybe that reason will come out; maybe it will not. Depends on what the physical evidence shows. Or does not. Facts do not lie. Now some people lie some of the time. Others all the time. If it quacks like a duck it probably is not a swan.
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The part about the helicopter being too high, I get it. Not every one in the BH is necessarily looking at the Instruments and at least one person in the "back" probably couldn't even see the instruments (being at 350' instead of 200', isn't readily obvious by looking out the window).
Identifying another aircraft in the area, is just a basic, human activity. Everyone in the aircraft was privy to ATC communications. Human nature suggests that when they were asked if the "have the CRJ in view", all 3 would have looked for it and confirmed to ATC and each other, they have it in sight. They confirmed a visual, twice.
BTW, for those who haven't seen a professional recap of what happened, you can find it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzQe6W7vcu4. Pilot Debrief is one of the most respected sources for information on aircraft accidents.