Less than 30 seconds before the collision, an air traffic controller asked the helicopter if it had the plane in sight. The controller made another radio call to the helicopter moments later, saying “PAT 25 pass behind the CRJ" — apparently telling the copter to wait for the Bombardier CRJ-701 twin-engine jet to pass. There was no reply, and the aircraft collided seconds later.
The plane’s radio transponder stopped transmitting about 2,400 feet (732 meters) short of the runway, roughly over the middle of the Potomac. The body of the plane was found upside-down in three sections in waist-deep water, officials said.
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The plane’s radio transponder stopped transmitting about 2,400 feet (732 meters) short of the runway, roughly over the middle of the Potomac. The body of the plane was found upside-down in three sections in waist-deep water, officials said.
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00:00Muscle 15, stand by. Blackjack 3, can you return to base?
00:05Blackjack 3, proceed directly to Glebe. I need you to land.
00:13I need you to land immediately. Can you go to Dallas for a few minutes?
00:17Muscle 1-3, can you go to Baltimore?
00:20Blue 6-53-05, I don't know if you saw it, but about 2,000 feet on our three o'clock, about 500 feet up in the air.
00:26It looks like there were flares or something going off right now.
00:29We're handling it right now. Stand by.
00:32Blue 6-53-05, I believe they're going to close the air force for an indefinite amount of time.
00:38My suggestion is you go back to the gate.
00:41Delta 8-32, sorry. I don't know if you caught earlier what happened, but there was a collision on the approach from the 3-3.
00:49We're going to be shutting down operations for the indefinite future if you want to go back to the gate.
00:54I suggest you guys coordinate with the company. Let me know what you want to do.
00:57All right. We'll let the company talk to them right now.
00:59Yeah, we witnessed the whole thing.
01:03Okay. Not quite yet, but just remain on frequency and I'll give you a phone number here in a second.
01:09All right. Thank you.
01:10For JetBlue 25-23, did you witness the encounter?
01:14Affirmative.
01:15Okay. Delta 8-32 and Blue 6-53-05, for both JetBlue and Delta and Blue 6-53-05, can you give me a phone number?
01:23Just give me one second.
01:27Okay.