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A pilot WILL land, even without clearance. They're not going to crash their own plane. Either way, ATC has fallback procedures and can just use radio to communi
by throwoutway 2y ago
A pilot WILL land, even without clearance. They're not going to crash their own plane. Either way, ATC has fallback procedures and can just use radio to communicate and manage everything manually. Get all the planes on the ground in safe order and then wait for a fix before clearing new takeoffs. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/43379/is-there-an-atc-radio-backup https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/43379/is-there-...
- 0xffff2 2y agoPlanes always get landing clearance via radio. "Planes in the air were unable to get clearance to land or divert" strongly suggests that the radios themselves were not working if it's actually true.
- sunnybeetroot 2y agoAnd if they can’t get it via radio they are trained to get clearance via visual sight with someone on the ground.