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		agsnu 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Commercial jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter... They were almost certainly both cleared to maintain visual separation.

deepersprout 6 months ago [–]

> They were almost certainly both cleared to maintain visual separation.

DCA TWR: PAT25, traffic just south of the Woodrow Bridge, a CRJ, it's 1200 feet setting up for runway 33.

PAT25: PAT25 has the traffic in sight, request visual separation.

DCA TWR: Visual separation approved.

Audio of MID-AIR CRASH into Potomac River: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiOybe-NJHk

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