New Report Reveals Blackhawk Pilot Ignored Co-Pilot’s Desperate Commands Before Deadly Crash
A new bombshell report is shedding light on the tragic Blackhawk helicopter crash that collided with an American Airlines plane months ago, costing over 60 lives. The report’s findings suggest that the female pilot of the Blackhawk helicopter explicitly ignored critical warnings from her own co-pilot in the moments before the devastating collision.
Our investigation into this report reveals crucial details buried by other media outlets. According to the findings, the pilot, Captain Rebecca Lobach, was flying the Army Blackhawk helicopter which was reportedly operating well above its approved altitude. Despite multiple mistakes leading up to the event, the final, fatal moments hinged on a desperate plea from her male co-pilot and instructor, Warrant Officer Andrew Eves.
Just seconds before the crash, Warrant Officer Eves, recognizing the impending danger, explicitly instructed Captain Lobach to change course. He specifically told her he believed air traffic control (ATC) wanted them to turn left toward the East River Bank. Turning left would have created vital space between the helicopter and American Airlines flight 5342, which was heading for runway 33 at roughly 300 feet.
She did not turn left.
Sources indicate the pilot had approximately 15 seconds to heed this explicit instruction and avoid colliding with the passenger jet carrying 64 innocent people. That is a significant amount of time – plenty of time to react and prevent the disaster. A clear warning and a chance to avoid tragedy were ignored.
While the report also touches on other factors, such as ATC potentially not being clear or urgent enough and investigators believing the helicopter crew may have missed a crucial ATC warning about the plane because one of them was on the microphone just 20 seconds before impact, the core truth, plain and simple, is that the pilot ignored a direct command. Technology on the Blackhawk that could have allowed ATC better control was also reportedly turned off, though this is noted as common protocol for this training mission.
However, the most critical takeaway, the one that cost over 60 lives, is that the pilot ignored multiple explicit warnings and violated basic safety protocols.
In the wake of this report, it’s concerning to see how some mainstream media outlets are presenting the facts. An article in the New York Times, for example, focused on “missteps, equipment problems, and common but risky practice”, seemingly burying the most obvious truth: the pilot directly caused the tragedy by ignoring multiple explicit warnings.
This appears to be a classic case of media narrative manipulation. Instead of focusing on the pilot’s failure to heed commands, which would lead to uncomfortable questions, the discussion is shifted to systemic failures, equipment issues, and complex procedures. This kind of narrative often serves to avoid accountability and fits a preferred political agenda, allowing blame to be placed elsewhere.
The families who lost loved ones in this entirely preventable crash deserve the truth. Their loved ones died because the pilot ignored basic safety protocols and a clear warning from her co-pilot. This wasn’t about equipment problems or procedural issues; it was about a pilot who failed to listen.
Ultimately, while multiple factors might be present in a complex incident, the fact remains that the pilot ignored a direct command. This seems to be the core story here. When pilots fail to heed explicit safety warnings, especially from their own instructors and co-pilots, the consequences can be, as we tragically saw, deadly.
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This is so ungodly wrong it’s not even funny and you should be ashamed of reporting it this way. She was not given an “explicit instruction,” nor was it a “desperate plea” from the IP. While they were trying to figure out what ATC was talking about, he told said he THOUGHT they were saying to turn left. You know what you don’t do while you’re flying? You don’t just start randomly doing what you THINK ATC wants you to do. You confirm it with them first. She was never actually instructed to turn left.