A passenger jet has collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.
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Yea this was the first crash since 2009 I believe. At least in the US. Still not okay, but we’ve been doing well/also been pretty lucky a few times.
First fatal commercial crash*
Yes, thank you.
Aviation infrastructure has been strained to the breaking point since Covid. ATC, ramps, pilots, crew, everyone in the chain except the executives.
Aviation is designed so that one minor mistake does not snowball into an incident or accident.
When capitalism stretches those constraints, you start stacking small issues and now you have a very big one.
Welcome to the collapse of empire.
