I think the point the NTSB is making is that the tolerances for the separation of traffic at DCA are far too thin, meaning that even a minor deviation can cause a fatal conflict.
Can’t assume that everyone does it perfectly every time.
The near miss numbers at DCA are truly mind boggling.
The frequency of a helicopter and airliner being within 1nm laterally or 400 feet vertically is 13. A day!
This was fun.
More details to follow, but engine touble, flight diverted, yada yada yada engine fire at the gate so we exited off the other wing.
Everyone is ok.
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Flying is no longer the new Greyhound; it’s the new Oregon Trail.
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Glad you’re old. Hope you can make it over to the Centurion Lounge for a recovery libation.
I was gonna say, you made the news!
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I resemble that remark.
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By the time I was out there they had rolled a baggage conveyor over so I came down that.
Both the flight crew and the ground crew were very helpful.
Most passengers were calm enough.
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Wow, I’m a dumbass: I failed to comprehend that was you reporting in the first person. My brain just interpreted it as a random tweet that was forwarded. Glad you got out of it ok!
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I’m glad you’re OK. I’ve been trying to figure out whether it would be insensitive to mention this; everybody knows I’m a paragon of sensitivity. My son is what you might consider a connoisseur of aviation disasters. I find it troublingly macabre and voyeuristic, but he has amassed quite a broad knowledge of important aviation mishaps. Fortunately your experience was less of a disaster and more of a supreme inconvenience, but I’m sorry to say that my son would have enjoyed the experience thoroughly. Again, glad you’re OK.
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Yikes, I’m getting old. Meant to say safe.
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Did you get out your phone, grab your carry-on, and record your exit from the plane like a real goddamn American?
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Give your emotional support animal a minute to get his shit together, and go back to emotionally supporting you.
Hey, SWA John? My cousin (American) said kinda-recently that a pigmy pig, and an iguana, were the weirdest ones…what have you seen?
Glad you are ok.
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So glad no one was seriously injured or worse.
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To conclude:
We stuck it out in Denver and finally took off (in a different plane, or so they claimed) at 0230 mountain time.
Walked into the house about 0615.
And no, I didn’t livestream it for the gram. But there were plenty of people with their phones out while standing on the wing.
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I’ve seen an emotional support pig once, but not an iguana or snake, et al.
The gate lice/skin-bags/self-loading and unloading cargo/passengers are “interesting” to say the least 
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I’m so relieved and glad to hear you all are safe- I’m also relieved it wasn’t a messy egress- I worry about people losing their shit and making matters worse if there’s ever an evacuation.
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Wife said: “WTF! Where have you been???”