catbum@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What piece(s) of pop media have you not consumed that people would think you weird for not having consumed yet?English
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4 days agoI have never read the Harry Potter series.
I plowed through all sorts books as a kid in the 2000s but never picked them up.
Yeah I think I’m cool with that.
Knowing a lot of families are going to be affected by this, this a tragedy no matter who or what is to blame. This is scary as hell all things considered, but we (or at least I) have to remember that a vast majority of investigations following crashes like this implicate a series of tiny but compounding errors. Regardless, it will still take time to figure out.
My speculation based on the video that could point to human error: It appears the aircraft were possibly closing in on each other somewhat perpendicularly for an extended amount of time. With their relative speeds/distances to the crash point, the aircraft may have appeared as remaining at the same point in each other’s respective windows, with nighttime glare and light pollution effects making scale and distance hard to judge.
However, just from a momentum and maneuverability standpoint, the aircraft with the “right of way” here was almost certainly the jet on course for landing, and it would have been the helicopter’s responsibility to establish and maintain visuals.
But who knows at this point. All I know is I’m tired of tragedy in every form.