I didn't look at the METAR after this happened...

Jan 26, 2020
11:10:05pm

tjngirlz All-American

But the marine layer was pretty thick in Newport Beach today. I've never flown a helicopter, but I wonder why they just didn't climb higher than 1200' and pop out the top of the clouds.

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Info from TMZ re: crash details.. confirms fog related

cougfanz

1/26/20 8:28pm

Ugh

Squirt

1/26/20 8:33pm

What a scary ride to be on.

thebruce

1/26/20 8:33pm

That’s the part I can’t get out of my head. How scary it must have been for them.

cruiserhead

1/26/20 8:38pm

The thing I can’t get out of my head is when I think about the LSU coaches

Gerald-DeGroot

1/26/20 9:32pm

For that reason, I hope the report's last line in the OP is correct. If they

LeftOfNormal

1/26/20 11:21pm

Weather related would make the most sense

Busiturtle

1/26/20 8:35pm

Do Helicopters not have very good radar? You think they could have gone back to

Cnation

1/26/20 8:44pm

They appear to have been trying. In process of making a 180 turn.

Soupie

1/26/20 8:51pm

Flying blind. I have to wonder why they risked it. Especially with the girls.

777

1/26/20 8:44pm

Based on that report it seems like they were trying to avoid it, but

Hypnotoad

1/26/20 8:50pm

I just listened to the ATC recordings. The first time they circled was not due

Flyski

1/26/20 8:56pm

185 miles an hour in the fog? Wowzers

BlueFrog

1/26/20 8:56pm

Controlled flight into terrain the biggest killer in aviation.

Kajdin

1/26/20 9:14pm

I didn't look at the METAR after this happened...

tjngirlz

1/26/20 11:10pm

Probably because of the surrounding LA airspace. It would restrict them from

Flyski

1/27/20 6:52am

Ya, I thought about that late last night

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