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They don't have to deflect the plane that far -- if they can just deflect it 100 ft to the side to land on a busy taxiway or a parallel runway that's under con
by Johnny555 7y ago
They don't have to deflect the plane that far -- if they can just deflect it 100 ft to the side to land on a busy taxiway or a parallel runway that's under construction with heavy equipment on it, that could cause a disastrous crash (or to land 100 ft before the start of the runway onto a freeway or water)
Ideally the pilot would notice and correct, but in poor visibility, maybe they wouldn't have time.
- stouset 7y agoAIUI, these systems rely on physical placement of the transmitters, so deflecting a plane by 100ft requires your transmitter to be more or less 100ft offset from the real one. At least, this is true of TACAN, maybe ILS is different.