I have not seen any reports of what the chopper pilots said back to ATC. Anyone know?
Tyb
That’s what I heard at first. But last night, Fox said that chopper had been communicating with tower on a different channel than the one which ATC asked them if they saw jet. They said choppers respond on chopper channel and planes use another one. Confusing to me.
Any hearings Friday?
Interesting article
https://www.flyingmag.com/news/atc-communications-between-jet-army-black-hawk-face-scrutiny-in-d-c-midair/
ATC Communications Between Jet, Army Black Hawk Face Scrutiny in D.C. Midair
Accident raises questions about what role radio frequencies may have played in pilot awareness of other aircraft.
You hear the controller warning the helicopter about the regional jet and telling him to pass behind it," Wartofsky said. "The helicopter pilot acknowledged the visual separation and the instruction to pass behind the regional jet, but he may have been looking at the wrong airplane. How do you tell one regional jet from another? If the Black Hawk pilot didn't know about the other one, he would have not known to ask."