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Except that you can't be sure this bad flight plan doesn't contain information that will lead to a collision. The system needs to maintain the integrity of all
by Thorentis 3y ago
Except that you can't be sure this bad flight plan doesn't contain information that will lead to a collision. The system needs to maintain the integrity of all plans it sees. If it can't process one, and there's the risk of a plane entering airspace with a bad flight plan, you need to stop operations.
- lozenge 3y agoBut they have 4 hours to reach out to the one plane whose flight plan didn't get processed and tell them to land somewhere else.
- ivraatiems 3y agoAssuming they can identify that plane. Aviation is incredibly risk-averse, which is part of why it's one of the safest modes of travel that exists. I can't imagine any aviation administration in a developed country being OK with a "yeah just keep going" approach in this situation.
- phkahler 3y ago>> Except that you can't be sure this bad flight plan doesn't contain information that will lead to a collision. Flight plans don't contain any information relevant for collision avoidance. They only say when and where the plane is expected to be. There is not enough specificity to ensure no collisions. Things change all the time, from late departures, to diverting around bad weather. On 9/11 they didn't have every plane in the sky file a new flight plan carefully checked against every other...