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Yes the President needed to stick to the sombre mood for much longer than he did. He was mostly just repeating what he’d been briefed, but to go on the political angle before families of the deceased… (View Post)

Oh, so this is why it got so political so quickly. https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/1884889137972466142 The number of flight slots at Reagan airport actually gets discussed by the US Senate, with … (View Post)

Well I got it very wrong yesterday about political fallout from plane crashes. Turns out there’s been a number of whistleblowers trying to get stories out about under-resourced and overworked air tra… (View Post)

There’s a long history of near-misses at Reagan, two or three in the last year alone. It’s a very complex piece of airspace and operation, that keeps getting busier. Here’s a summary of one from last… (View Post)

Interesting thread on Washington DC airspace, from someone I usually follow for insights about the Ukraine war. https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/1884861607953506609 It appears sadly that this acci… (View Post)