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If you listen to the ATC recording, around 15:50, they instruct the helicopter to watch for traffic, specifically this flight, and clears them for virtual sepa
by unsnap_biceps 2y ago
If you listen to the ATC recording, around 15:50, they instruct the helicopter to watch for traffic, specifically this flight, and clears them for virtual separation.
It's the helo's fault. They likely misjudged the plane due to assuming it was a large jet but it was a regional jet, so it was way closer than they thought it was.
It's a tragedy, but I don't see how it would be ATC's fault. But that's just my 2 cents.
- thallada 2y agoDo you have a link to the recording?
- unsnap_biceps 2y agoIt's linked in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42874330 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42874330 the liveatc link
- jonlong 2y ago> They likely misjudged the plane due to assuming it was a large jet but it was a regional jet Maybe this is possible, but it seems implausible given that ATC explicitly refers to the jet as a "CRJ".
- anigbrowl 2y agoThat's the best theory I've seen so far, but it's still really really bad.
- JADev62096 2y agoIt could be that the right call was for ATC to deny the request for visual separation and for them to do the deconflicting themselves. Not saying that's the case, I don't know, but that's one way it could be (partially) ATC's fault.