Flight to Reagan Airport, which is forced to avoid the helicopter day before the DC collision

A flight to the Reagan National Airport had to stop its initial landing due to helicopter activity in the DC area … a day before The catastrophic crash That left dozens of dead.

Check out the video … Republic Airways Flight 4514 is clearly on a smooth route from Connecticut and starts his descent … and then revolves around it before it ends up.

In an audio recording by published by Liveatc.netThe air traffic control warns the pilot … “There is a helicopter via Georgetown to the north 300 feet.”

The pilot of the Twin Engine-Embraer Erj 175 replies immediately.

“We had an RA with helicopter traffic among us,” added the pilot and refers to a dissolution of the traffic warning and collision avoidance system (TCAS) … The pilots warn of the risk of a collision.

Close Call … But luckily the plane landed safely 13 minutes before the schedule.

Of course, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter of the army during his relegation to Reagan. All 64 People on board the commercial flight And the 3 troops in Black Hawk died.