These problems are easily solved. Don't allow a helicopter to fly across the flight path of a major airport! There are so many planes taking off and landing at that airport that it is easy to become confused. If you watch the video of the collision, there is another plane ascending just above the one that was hit. Flying a helicopter there is like trying to run across the racetrack during the Daytona 500. And doing that at night with night vision goggles on! Good grief. Eventually something bad is going to happen.
Well, perhaps they are listening to you Richard. I just read that the FAA has (at least temporarily) suspended the two helicopter routes in the area that had them flying underneath the plane traffic. That seems appropriate to me at this point in time. And it should help to restore some of the public’s confidence in the system. Hopefully this will lead to the right permanent solution(s)…
