Based on the NTSB’s investigation of two recent airline flights that landed at wrong airports because of confusion with other near-by airports, the agency today issued two recommendations to the FAA intended to help avoid those situations. The recommendations ask the FAA to clarify air traffic controller landing clearances when multiple airports are in the vicinity and to modify air traffic control software which warns air traffic controllers when aircraft have descended below a minimum safe altitude.
This software is intended to alert controllers when an aircraft gets too close to terrain or objects in the aircraft’s flight path. The NTSB last year issued warnings to airline pilots on maintaining vigilance to avoid wrong airport landings, giving pilots specific recommendations of what they could do. Today’s recommendations are addressed to the FAA as the agency responsible for air traffic control.
Read more from Forbes.
Related News
- SMART Mobile App Flyer
- House Docket, No. 2682
- FRA Waivers for Autonomous Rail Testing
- Riders resist driverless technologies in Chicagoland
- Chicago Transportation Survey-Driverless Technology
- National Negotiations advance with NRLC meeting on Jan. 23
- Union organizes holiday cheer throughout the nation
- National Apprenticeship Week spotlight: Lily May Gibson
- Countdown To Election Day 2024!
- Protected: Election 2024 talking points