2 American planes clip wings at DCA
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And one of them had three members of the House on it.
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-bound-plane-clips-wings-at-dc-airport-with-lawmakers-on-board
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A helicopter just crashed in the Hudson.
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Did you see the video of the helicopter falling? Awful.
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Yeah, looks almost like the rotor clipped the tail or something drastic since it was completely detached (and still spinning) as it after the cockpit of the helicopter fell into the water.
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And one of them had three members of the House on it.
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-bound-plane-clips-wings-at-dc-airport-with-lawmakers-on-board
wrote 22 days ago last edited by@jon-nyc said in 2 American planes clip wings at DCA:
And one of them had three members of the House on it.
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-bound-plane-clips-wings-at-dc-airport-with-lawmakers-on-board
Lovely. Just booked my next DCA trip (May 7-9). It's funny how many members of congress, especially on Thursdays and Fridays, you can find boarding planes there in the afternoon. Probably every other time I'm boarding I see someone from congress (no security).
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My last lobbying trip, one of my colleagues sat next to a rep we talked to that day on his flight back home to Buffalo.
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Ugh.... you know, it hits so much differently when kids are involved.
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@jon-nyc said in 2 American planes clip wings at DCA:
Link to video Link to video@jodi do you have a link?
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Detached rotor = catastrophic failure. Nothing the pilot can do. It's a falling brick at that point.
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wrote 22 days ago last edited by 89th 4 Nov 2025, 13:21
A new angle shows the helicopter seemingly just "detach" from the rotor midair.
One commenter:
Doesn’t look like mast bumping, my money is on a gearbox seize. The helicopter rotates hard right which is due to the torque, that surge could cause over stress on the tail boom and sheered it off, followed by the rotor assembly ejecting as it fell.
https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1jwnbpz/hudson_river_helicopter_crash_side_view/
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Wow, those poor kids. That is just awful. There are people that need to spend a long time in jail if they are found to be at fault.
