Air traffic control audio recorded the moments before and after an American Airlines regional passenger jet crashed with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter in a midair collision over Washington Wednesday night (Jan 29).
Audio from LiveATC.net, a respected source for in-flight recording, captured the final communications between the three crew members of the helicopter - call sign PAT25 - before it collided with the CRJ700 Bombardier jet carrying 64 passengers and crew.
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Audio from LiveATC.net, a respected source for in-flight recording, captured the final communications between the three crew members of the helicopter - call sign PAT25 - before it collided with the CRJ700 Bombardier jet carrying 64 passengers and crew.
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00:00F-25, do you have a CRJ in sight?
00:04F-25, F-1 is CRJ.
00:06F-25 has an aircraft in sight, request for separation.
00:09Separation.
00:11American 472, Washington Tower, 1-star, 3-2-0-1-7.
00:15Tower, did you see that?
00:17American 472, go around, turn left, and 250, climb and maintain 3000.
00:22Yep, we saw it.
00:24And everybody just hold your positions, please, on the field right now.
00:291000-438, ready for attack.
00:31Everyone's going to have to hold for down.
00:34I'll get back to you just as soon as I can.
00:38Fire command.
00:39Fire command.
00:41The accident happened in the river.
00:44Both the helicopter and the plane crashed in the river east of the approach end of Runway 33.
00:52Is the airfield closed?
00:54Yes, the airfield is closed.
00:56The airfield is closed.
00:57Runways as well?
00:58Yes, all runways are closed.
00:59Nobody's landing.
01:00No one's moving at all.
01:02It was probably out in the middle of the river.
01:07I just saw a fireball, and then it was just gone.
01:10So I haven't seen anything since they hit the river.
01:13But it was a CRJ and a helicopter that hit, I would say, maybe a half-mile off the approach end of 33.
01:20Blackjack 3, proceed directly to Glebe.
01:22I need you to land.
01:24Blackjack 3, proceed directly to Glebe.