30Jan, 25 CRJ700 collision crew accepted National tower’s offer of alternative landing runway
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Pilots of a PSA Airlines MHIRJ CRJ700 involved in the mid-air collision while inbound to Washington National airport had accepted a routine sequencing offer for an alternative runway which had been rejected by the crew of the preceding flight.
Runway 1, the longest of National’s three runways, was being used for both arrivals and departures, and a few aircraft in the runway 1 approach sequence – heading north along the Potomac river – were offered runway 33 as an option to …