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Once? There was also a recent Cloudberg article about a place radar would've been real handy to have. (Plane and ground thought they were S of Kathmandu when th
by trelane 4y ago
Once? There was also a recent Cloudberg article about a place radar would've been real handy to have. (Plane and ground thought they were S of Kathmandu when they were N, until they suddenly went silent, due to hitting a mountain.)
Edit: Bah, wrong comment on the chain.
- Retric 4y agoThat’s a different problem. Regular radar is setup to detect flying aircraft and is very useful to avoid flying into mountains, avoid mid air collisions, etc and it’s not what we’re talking about. That type of Radar has proven necessary on many occasions. Spending a great deal of money to track aircraft on the ground however is only helpful when one of the aircraft is on the ground. It’s only partially useful when visibility is low, at which point air traffic control can be especially paranoid.
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