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Passenger flight from Wichita collides with military helicopter in D.C.
Well, this is awful.
Up to around 70 people were involved between the two aircraft. Last edited by DaFace; Yesterday at 11:02 PM.. |
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It probably happens more often then we get to see... they just don't show those interactions.
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I was hanging out in the Amarillo FBO some F-16s pulled up and parked. I don't ever pass up the chance to talk to the baddest ass mother ****ers on the planet so we chatted about stuff. I was flying a low tail Piper Lance (a very nice one) and they asked me about it. Had dual Garmin 430's in it which was sensational back in 2002. I took them out to show them and they were blown away at how nice the dash was. One guy said he would kill to have one moving map GPS in his plane. They had a light indicator that verified via GPS receiver that LORAN was accurate. That blew me away. 25 million dollar airplane. I hope things have changed. |
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Looks like the ATC was working two different areas, simultaneously ... Yikes.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/staffing-...ion-faa-report |
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This is a nothing nonsense inflammatory story. This happens all the time, everywhere. That would actually HELP the situation, not hinder it. |
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Just pointing it out mostly because the article makes it sound like one person running both is overloading the ATC guy but actually coordinating everything with one person has less room for error than two. Communication is essential when there are two.
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If the Blackhawk had ADS-B out the plane would have known exactly where he was and probably would have been all over it.
The situational awareness that system provides is amazing. |
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