Passenger flight from Wichita collides with military helicopter in D.C.

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Originally Posted by DaFace

From the ATC transcript:

"Traffic just south of the Woodrow Bridge, a CRJ, it's 1,200 feet setting up for Runway 33."

The BH responds:

"PAT 25, has the traffic in sight, request visual separation."

I suppose a heading might have helped, but they did clearly point out the direction and got an acknowledgement.

Yeah, once you declare "traffic in sight, request(ing) visual sep" the responsibility to maintain separation is on that (helo) crew.