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By law, 5 (nautical) miles horizontal separation or 1000 feet vertical separation is required. When aircraft were smaller, that was probably more than sufficien
by goodcanadian 10y ago
By law, 5 (nautical) miles horizontal separation or 1000 feet vertical separation is required. When aircraft were smaller, that was probably more than sufficient. The A380 is another beast entirely, though.
- alkonaut 10y agoThe question is then - are there any systems that can ensure that two airraft aren't passing eachother at just 1000 feet if one of them is a behemoth? Will the corridors magically widen when an A380 enters it? Will nearby aircraft be warned when crossing right under an A380 that they are basically on a collision course, while had it been a small aircraft it wouldn't be a problem?
- LoSboccacc 10y agoI never understood why corridors at opposing directions aren't by default offseted both in altitude and lateral separation - there have been quite many collision already because navigation aid reduced the positional error within a corridor to few meters