As shown by a 2022 near collision, an air traffic controller cannot determine whether an altitude transmitted by the aircraft’s transponder is accurate.
Credit: NATS
A report by the French air accident investigation agency released July 10 put a spotlight on three safety issues otherwise considered long resolved: critical system redundancy, equipment standard consistency and technical issue reporting. The first two, given the usually long cycles in rulemaking...
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