• ClutchCargo@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    According to the wiki…

    TCAS was a relatively new technology at the time of the accident, having been mandatory[Note 2] in Europe since 2000.

    Two years prior to the accident, in Europe, where the accident happened.

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      1 year ago

      that is not answer to my question. but you knew that, didn’t you? 😜

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        1 year ago

        Yours wasn’t a question, it was a statement, and a wrong one. TCAS adherence wasn’t fundamentally changed after the accident in question, but it brought to light it’s importance.

        So let’s come back to the original argument: following the erroneous instructions of atc over the TCAS resulted in the accident - if they had followed TCAS, like the DHL crew, they’d be alive.

        Edit: posted two answers by accident. Deleted one

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          Yours wasn’t a question, it was a statement

          you know what i meant

          wrong one

          no

          TCAS adherence wasn’t fundamentally changed after the accident in question

          yes it was. fundamentally.

          at the time of the accident there wasn’t any regulation that would state what to do in case of contradicting instructions from tcas and atc. different pilots may have been and have been told something else, or may have not been told anything at all and left to make split second decision when such event occurs.

          about a year before uberlingen there was very similar incident - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Japan_Airlines_mid-air_incident. there were other incidents before and after.

          So let’s come back to the original argument: following the erroneous instructions of atc over the TCAS resulted in the accident

          yeah, no. BEING SENT ONTO COLLISION COURSE is what resulted in the accident.

          yes, had they followed the tcas, the accident might have been avoided. but that is not what caused it. they already were in the shitty situation when they had to decide between tcas and atc.

          situation is caused by something that creates the situation, not by all of the infinite number of random things that might have been done to avoid it or escape it when you are already in. otherwise we could get into absurd argument like “if someone haven’t got out of the bed in the morning, the situation might have been avoided as well”. which, while technically true, is also absurd nonsense and no one would seriously tried to argue that.

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            1 year ago

            yes, had they followed the tcas, the accident might have been avoided.

            There it is. I’m glad we could finally come to an agreement. Thanks for the entertainment.

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              we could have agreed, if you weren’t saying dumb shit. because you are constantly saying dumb shit which is not true, or is only partially true so in the context of this discussion it doesn’t make sense, we DO NOT agree.

              saying we agree when your opponent is telling you otherwise is the most pathetic attempt to avoid saying “ok, that probably wasn’t best phrasing on my part” i have ever seen. or you are really so dumb that you lack the capacity to understand it.

              no matter which one, i am out of here, bye.