Yesterday 11:32 pm
--------------------------*Beekeeper » Yesterday, 9:13 pm » wrote: ↑ Until the NTSB findings are released, anyone's "opinion" is a guess at best.
IF they were higher than the 200 feet, it was PILOT ERROR, not because they were told to climb. PERIOD!!
As a FYI, the ATC recordings have been heard and there is no order to climb. PERIOD!!
https://news.sky.com/story/washington-c ... g-13300361
The mixing of helicopters and passenger jets around the airport had also led to confusion just 24 hours earlier.
On the evening of 28 January, a different American Airlines jet, flight 4514, had to take evasive action to avoid a helicopter near the airport.