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It's important to note that the substance of the article here is not about improving tracking of airplanes while they are flying (which actually does very littl
by tokenadult 12y ago
It's important to note that the substance of the article here is not about improving tracking of airplanes while they are flying (which actually does very little to keep them from disappearing if a catastrophe stops them from flying) but is actually about tracking weather more accurately by gaining real-time data from other aircraft in the vicinity. This suggestion might indeed have helped prevent the most recent Air Asia crash, and perhaps also the Air France crash from several years ago. It takes good information to respond to rapidly developing storms at high altitude over the ocean, and to advise pilots how to change their courses (along heavily trafficked airline routes) to avoid both dangerous weather and collisions with other planes.
- tacticus 12y agoHow exactly would it help af447? wasn't that determined to be an issue with the pitot tube becoming blocked and one of the pilots just holding the stick back until they stalled at 47 thousand feet.
- 69_years_and 12y agoThe fact that there was a storm that could cause icing (perhaps due to super cooled water, or is it super chilled water) could have been shared thus giving AF447 a greater opportunity to avoid it, which could/would have meant the pitot's would not have become blocked which would mean the auto pilot would not have turned off due to faulty airspeed input which would mean there would have been no need for pilot to fly the plane and hold the stick back for so long. Of course its a moot point for AF447 - RIP.