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angieh angieh
 
M$2.50 August 09, 2009 03:46 PM

Do you think Steven Altman was to blame for the helicopter plane crash over the Hudson River?

Steven Altman was identified as the pilot of the small airplane that collided with the Liberty Tours helicopter over the Hudson River yesterday.

As initial reports state the plane crashed into the chopper, do you think Altman is to blame?
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skyvan skyvan
 
 August 09, 2009 07:34 PM
I believe that the FAA is to blame. There have been many accidents in the area of the Hudson including the one where Yankee's pitcher Corey Lidle crashed his Cirrus S-22 in to a building. The problem is that the Hudson river corridor is a popular tourist area with a high congestion of VFR traffic that does not allow for as high of a level of FAA control as the IFR corridors at higher altitudes (where requests must be made for everything and there are no helicopters). If anyone is to blame it is the FAA for not closing the corridor and continuing to allow horriffic accidents like this to happen.


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finfribble finfribble
 
August 10, 2009 02:28 PM
Tough - this is a breathtaking area for sightseeing flights. It sounds like he flew into the back of the helicopter. The helicopter could have been gaining altitude and he wouldn't have seen it because he was flying a low wing aircraft. Are we supposed to regulate driving more because we have car accidents that kill people everyday? I'm more in the no fault camp.

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