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

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    15 hours ago

    It’s in the article too. I don’t know if that’s a later addition but it’s there. Blackhawk pilot was told to see the incoming jet and pass behind. It didn’t.

    At the surface, clear human error but it’s never that simple. Was communication missed or misunderstood? Was there another jet that looked to be where they expected it? At that altitude did things get lost in the clutter and ground lights? Was the jet really where it was supposed to be? While responsibility was passed to the pilot and the aircraft was too low for radar to be clear, why didn’t the tower scream?

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      14 hours ago

      It’s in the article too. I don’t know if that’s a later addition but it’s there.

      It really would not surprise me if it were an edit and the journalists’ source was the reddit thread