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Ive read a lot of accident reports, and been on a few accident investigation teams for smaller GA crashes. I would say most crashes these days, in the US anyway, are from pilot error. This one is definitely one of them. Flying low over a bright lit city it is very challenging to pick out traffic. I find it suspect that the helo crew was using NVGs at the time of the crash. The overall sortie may have been NVG training, but that doesn't mean they use them from takeoff to landing. They would be useless and not even needed a couple of hundred feet over city lights.
This is a tragic accident, but they happen. I absolutely detest the blame game and conspiracy crap. Investigations take time, and the public always want to hang someone today. And of course it all generates clicks for the media, so on it goes.
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Last edited by 911_Dude; 02-04-2025 at 07:45 AM..
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