It probably won't be verified until the helo is raised from the river; but could the crew have been wearing night vision appliances, and if so, are they monochromatic? Could this cause any confusion by aircraft lights blending with street lights etc. through those goggles, making the...
AA Commercial flight was below 400 ft. and clearly had the right-of-way in final approach airspace; could not see the Blackhawk approaching from behind..
Blackhawk approached from behind, could have/should have had AA plane clearly in sight, since coming from behind.
Where was the Air Traffic...
I'm sure that we all have watched videos of fires started or involving Li-Ion batteries. Those injured including the FD member were indeed lucky they didn't wind up in a burn center. Luckily, just 4 short blocks north, there was a Level 1 trauma center at New York Presbyterian..
I remember it closed at least 11 years ago due to shrinking Catholic enrollment, and religious demographics in the neighborhood did a radical change.. Haven't been there in a while, but I heard the city was trying to negotiate the building into a public middle school.
I wonder when someone will come out with a memo to battalions that driveways aren't exposures; especially when there's a similar occupancy 10 ft. on the other side of that driveway.
I believe that may have been the job where there was a smoke explosion in the cockloft that blew the 2nd due engine out into the hallway and partially down the stairs.
Has there been any updates on the rumors about encrypting the Dept. radio transmissions?
Also, I must be in a dead zone in Queens, specifically the area around Queens College. All FDNY freqs. on my SDS100 are hashed and practically inaudible as well as all EMS frequencies. HOWEVER. all NYPD...
If they do that, than maybe they should consider bringing in licensed plumbers as well. We go to enought water/steam leaks a year to warrant sending two plumbers and an officer in a minivan for mitigation, instead of making fire supression units unavailable.
That building's still there, and the BEPLAT TruValue hardare signs are still all over the building. (although, there are smaller blue letters in Chinese also on the walls) I wonder who is running the business today. I keep forgetting to stop in.
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