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Originally Posted by mtdjed
How could it not happen? Air Controller overload, Interlapping military and commercial flights at nearby airports, military night training flights in overloaded commercial airport landing paths. Government, congressional, executive desire for easy transport from midtown DC. Time for some intelligent decisions. Eliminate overlapping flightpath air facilities. It will not get better unless a major shift is made. Don't allow congress or executive civilians to influence decisions for convenience
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The airspace is three dimensional. The approach to runway 33 is VFR. Using the VASI the aircraft is at 400 to 500 feet agl over the river. The rotorcraft flyway is below 200 agl. No conflicts if everyone follows the rules. Someone did not follow the rules. At a descent rate of 700 feet per minute the airplane was about 43 seconds from a perfect happy landing. When time is up, it’s up.