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It says the plane was being towed at the time, so ATC may not have been involved.
by sparky_z 4y ago
It says the plane was being towed at the time, so ATC may not have been involved.
- sokoloff 4y agoIf it’s on a taxiway (as reported, but aviation reporting is notoriously sloppy with terminology) ATC was likely involved. If it was on a ramp or other non-movement area (where ATC is not in control), they would not be involved.
- hef19898 4y agoATC has, at least in Germany, nothing to do with ground traffic. While working at the Airport, I was allowed to drive there. So it basically your, as driver, responsibility to look out for priority traffic: everything with a red light (including aircrft taxiing or being towed), blue light (fire brigade, who also has the option for red, or police) followed by yellow. So, without having the article, the bis drover just did see the plane. And don't laugh, thay actually can happen!
- sokoloff 4y agoAt large fields in Germany, ATC has nothing to do with the taxiways? In the US, we have ATC "ground control" at many airports, which controls the "movement areas" (taxiways), and ATC "tower" which controls the runways. At smaller fields or lighter traffic times, the ground and tower positions might be staffed by a single person. At larger fields, they may have multiple tower or ground positions. Non-movement areas include the parking areas, ramps, maintenance aprons, etc, which are not controlled by ATC.
- hef19898 4y agoYep, in Germany the Tower folks are not the ATC folks. The latter take over at the runway. And neither controls ground traffic by other ground vehicles, e.g. busses, trucks, cars... Tjose have to respect traffic rules, from right of passage to traffic lights, are bound to certain market "roads" and so on.