Midair collision between Helicopter and CRJ (AA5342) at Washington (DCA)

[p--and--t]

The NVGs don't provide true colour vision, but the CRJ pilots probably did not use them. Colour vision issues in humans are complex and can substantially impact vision. Some modern systems, like specific digital night vision devices, use advanced image processing to simulate colour. These devices often combine low-light sensors with infrared illumination and apply algorithms to approximate colours, though the result is not valid for colour vision.

Would CRJ pilots (or any passenger plane pilots) ever wear NVGs?

Not something I have ever contemplated happening .

 

[RSD]

Would CRJ pilots (or any passenger plane pilots) ever wear NVGs?

Not something I have ever contemplated happening .

Not regular airlines - the Blackhawk helo pilot in this incident was reported to be wearing NVG's - I'm not sure how much help they would be though in low altitude in the middle of DC - given the loss of peripheral vision they might have been more of a hindrance than a help.

 

[jb747]

Would CRJ pilots (or any passenger plane pilots) ever wear NVGs?

Not something I have ever contemplated happening .

No, never.

 

[RooFlyer]

OMaaT posted this video from VASAviation of ATC etc the day before the crash, where a helicopter appears to be playing dodge'em with several arrivals into DCA. If I'm understand it correctly, two collision alerts within minutes of each other.

 

[moa999]

I'm understand it correctly, two collision alerts within minutes of each other.

All that explains is why the collision alerts are ignored.
Both the aircraft and the heli are following the river, but separation in those cases was over 1000ft - much further away from the runway threshold.