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'Near Collisions' of Commercial Jets Happen All the Time: FAA Records (gizmodo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another way to look at it is: when was the last mid-air collision in the US, or even the world involving TCAS equipped airliners? The only one that comes to mind is the DHL-BAL mid air in 2002, which was a result of the one crew not following the TCAS instruction.

A significant part of the report focused on near collisions on runways.

TCAS doesn't mitigate that, right?

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There are other systems for runway collision avoidance. This video outlines both how they work and an actual runway incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj7nG6gJqsU