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WHOA. At least three passenger jets appear to have had rejected landings/go-rounds in ~30 minutes while that UFC light show was going a mile away. @aaronparnas.bsky.social previously reported a commercial pilot filed an FAA safety report about being “nearly blinded” by a test run of the lights.

From the ATC recording, it sounds like the third one, SWA1295, may have been due to a helicopter either in or close to their lane. There is no helicopter in the flight data, so they either misunderstood what they were seeing or there was a military helicopter flying without a signal.

Obviously scary echoes possible there… Also, less than a week ago, at least nine planes had to go into extended holding patterns bc of Trump’s visit to the Knicks game via JFK. (Not dangerous, just annoying and disrespectful.) bsky.app/profile/gill...

Here's a clip of the ATC recording. They're saying something about a helicopter, but I'm not sure what. And then the SWA pilot says they're too high and they're doing a go-round. They were about 1,500 feet. Any pilots care to weigh in? The AA flight got down to 500 feet, DAL 2,300 feet.

Omfg two more! Another SWA another AA flight. That is five rejected landings/go-rounds at DCA in a 2 1/2-hour period, that is wild. There is a blindingly bright molten UFC core shining about a mile away from the flight path shining moving beams.