A passenger jet has collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.

  • feannag@sh.itjust.works
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    23 hours ago

    As others have said, it’s far too early to attribute blame. But beyond that, airspace control philosophy is basically that everyone deserves to be in the sky. The collision occured at 400 feet which is a very normal place for a helicopter to be. This occured very near the approach end of a runway, which is more unusual, but doesn’t mean they’re automatically in the wrong for being “anywhere close to a commercial jet’s flight path”.