President Donald Trump fired or pushed out some of the relevant officials who would otherwise be responsible for looking into a collision between a passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.The Federal Aviation Administration currently has no Senate-confirmed leader after top adm...
  • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    35·
    2 days ago

    I think Whiskey Pete and the DoD are going to catch the most flak here. The latest reports I’ve seen say that “training mission” was just getting flight hours to stay qualified. While I haven’t yet seen whether or not they were using night-vision goggles which would be the chefs-kiss, choosing to do such a routine anytime anywhere flight at night in the landing path of one of the busiest airports in the country is remarkably stupid. Maybe the most stupid military-civilian incident since the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air 655 back in 1988.

      • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        111·
        2 days ago

        Hot damn. I’ve seen videos of coast guard rescues using them and even a few light sources blow out their vision. They were above an illuminated airport with multiple planes around them and the light from stars on a clear night.

        • ReadMoreBooksEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Which generation of night vision?

          Only the ancient hardware performs as you describe.

          • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
            21·
            1 day ago

            shrug-outta-hecks No other explanation would be more vindicating for the blackhawk pilot, who otherwise is just someone who murdered everyone on that plane through their negligence/incompetence. I’m just looking for any technical element apart from the military willfully killing 64 civilians.