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Aviation Audio Clips / KDCA 10/4/25 20:20Z USPP SAR for Vehicle in Potomac River - Briefly Stops DCA

« Last post by baldiedc on October 05, 2025, 01:01:48 UTC »

Saturday 10/4/25 20:20Z (16:20 local) - US Park Police chopper Eagle-2, returning to DC via Zone 2 from earlier call to Great Falls area, requested by DC Fire to assist with SAR for vehicle in the Potomac between 14th Street Bridge and Memorial Bridge, requiring stop at DCA in a south operation landing Rwy 19.

DCA not too busy at the time, JIA5294, UAL1678, ASA4, EDV5310 given delay vectors on Final approach.  Eagle-2 cleared the area approx 20:27Z allowing DCA operations to resume, and returned to base at 20:28Z stating DC Fire was handling it.

Update 10/5/25 - A user on reddit researched on OpenMHZ and this appears to have been caused by a jet ski rider's phone sending automatic notification of a crash, but there was no crash.  "Jet Ski Shuts Down DCA" is a new one, even for DCA.

Attached combo HELI, OJAAY, Final, edited for time and content, not realtime etc.

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Listener Forum / Re: How Do I Know Which Feed When Tracking My Flight

« Last post by JetScan1 on October 03, 2025, 14:21:30 UTC »

I was on NK3492.

I'm guessing ORD was landing west at the time which explains why you didn't hear them on the SE Feeder frequency. From what I've heard so far, when ORD is landing west the SE Feeder sector is not used and flights are handed off directly from the Center 134.875 to the Final Approach frequency, typically 133.625 for runway 28C around that time.

Also with regard to the Center frequencies how would I know which sector number?

A few years ago I posted some High Altitude Charts in the "ARTCC/FIR/TRACON Maps" Forum that are still "mostly" accurate. Might be helpful ?

https://forums.liveatc.net/artccfirtracon-maps/tracking-flights-coast-to-coast-from-takeoff-to-landing-is-this-possible/

https://forums.liveatc.net/artccfirtracon-maps/high-altitude-chart-zbw-zob-zdc-zau-zid/

I was also on NK2076.  They would have been on a ZLA frequency, coming in from the northeast, but I have no idea which sector before they got handed off to LAS Approach.

124.200 ZLA Sector 07. It's not covered on LiveATC.

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Listener Forum / Re: How Do I Know Which Feed When Tracking My Flight

« Last post by KB4TEZ on October 03, 2025, 13:32:23 UTC »

here's a pretty decent site I use
https://www.radioreference.com

ZAU example attached

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Listener Forum / Re: How Do I Know Which Feed When Tracking My Flight

« Last post by BravoLima on October 03, 2025, 06:24:56 UTC »

I was on NK3492.  Also with regard to the Center frequencies how would I know which sector number? 

I was also on NK2076.  They would have been on a ZLA frequency, coming in from the northeast, but I have no idea which sector before they got handed off to LAS Approach.

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Listener Forum / Re: How Do I Know Which Feed When Tracking My Flight

« Last post by JetScan1 on October 02, 2025, 14:42:42 UTC »

Jetscan1 here ya go !

Thanks. I also found a copy of the TRACON SOP Manual (2017) that you can download here.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5763110-C90-SOP/

They seem to like to switch up their frequencies, recently they have been using the Loop Departure frequency 118.275 for arrival final to 10C, and 135.075 to feed SE arrivals.

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Aviation Audio Clips / Two Delta planes collide ripping off wing while taxiing at LaGuardia

« Last post by KB4TEZ on October 02, 2025, 10:13:12 UTC »

https://nypost.com/2025/10/02/us-news/nyc-delta-jets-collide-at-laguardia-airport/

(Wow, here's the audio, but alas the remainder of the action is over on 119.95, and not covered. )

Two regional Delta jets full of passengers and crew collided while taxiing at LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday night — as one flyer recalled the flights “absolutely” smashing into each other and part of a wing being ripped off.

The wing of Endeavor Air flight 5155, departing for Roanoke, Virginia, collided with the fuselage of Endeavor Air flight 5047, arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina, on the airport’s taxiway just before 10 p.m., according to preliminary information provided to The Post by Delta Air Lines.

CBS News producer Joey Annunziato, a passenger on the flight from Charlotte, described the chaos inside his plane’s cabin after the collision as “super jarring.”

“We got absolutely smashed by another Delta flight. I don’t know if we hit them or they hit us, but it was super jarring,” Annunziato said in a video posted on X recorded from his seat moments after impact.  “Everyone shot forward in their seats and it was kind of a little chaotic as soon as it happened. We were shocked at what happened.”

A flight attendant on board one of the aircraft was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No customers were injured during the collision, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Delta.

Photos and videos posted to social media captured emergency vehicles rushing toward the two CRJ-900 regional jets on the taxiway of the Queens airport.

Additional photos showed the nose of one of the aircraft visibly dented as the wing was partially ripped off.  Annunziato said the half-full plane was moving at a “decent clip” when it collided with the other aircraft.

He added that the flight had been “uneventful” until the crash, as flashing emergency lights illuminated the window beside him.

Annunziato said no one on board appeared to be injured.

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Listener Forum / Re: How Do I Know Which Feed When Tracking My Flight

« Last post by KB4TEZ on October 02, 2025, 09:20:53 UTC »

Jetscan1 here ya go !
https://wiki.us.ivao.aero/atc/sop/kzau

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Listener Forum / Re: How Do I Know Which Feed When Tracking My Flight

« Last post by JetScan1 on October 01, 2025, 20:59:11 UTC »

Just checking some archives and I see they use the SW frequency 135.075 for the SE feeder sector at times. Might catch them there. Also when traffic is light they bypass the feeder sectors and go directly to Approach. Re that chart: I see it's off the ZAU IVAO site. I wonder what their source was ? I've been looking for charts that depict Approach Control airspace like that for other areas.

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Listener Forum / Re: How Do I Know Which Feed When Tracking My Flight

« Last post by JetScan1 on October 01, 2025, 16:48:27 UTC »

If I wanted to listen to comms with a flight I was on how do I know which one they'd be on especially at a big airport like ORD? 

I'm not that familiar with ORD Approach but they do use different sector configurations depending on the time of day and traffic volume. The SE feeder sector, where you would expect to have heard it, might have been combined with another sector at the time. Any chance you can provide the date and flight number, and we might be able to figure it out ? Prior to ORD Approach the flights from the SE via BONNT and the VEECK STAR (typical route from TPA) would be handled by Chicago Center on 134.875 but it's not covered by LiveATC.

KB4TEZ,

Where did you get that map from ?

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Aviation Audio Clips / Small engine aircraft crashes on major Colorado Springs thoroughfare

« Last post by KB4TEZ on October 01, 2025, 16:15:26 UTC »

https://kdvr.com/news/local/small-engine-aircraft-crashes-on-major-colorado-springs-thoroughfare/

(whatever happened it was quick, pics in the link, thankfully all ok))

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KXRM) — A small plane has crash-landed and is leaking fluids on Powers Boulevard in Colorado Springs Wednesday morning, Oct. 1, closing several lanes on the road.
Just after 4 a.m., Oct. 1, the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) reported that they first received calls about a small airplane that had crashed and was leaking fluid near the intersection of North Powers Boulevard and Barned Road.

According to the Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) X page, three people were on board the plane during the crash, but all walked away with no injuries.

CSFD firefighters and CSPD are working on the scene to stop the leak from the plane, with crews working to clean up the wreckage. Both CSPD and CSFD say that traffic in the area will be affected with lane closures for cleanup during morning rush hour, and to avoid the area if possible. Both departments urge drivers to be cautious and plan for lower speeds and different routes.