This was last month, but I just came across the Air Traffic Control audio for it now. A Lufthansa flight began (and continued) its take off from Brussels Airport without any clearance to do so. Â In addition, an Aer Lingus flight was in its descent. The air traffic controller had …
Read More »Someone “Hacked” Air Traffic Control and Told a Plane to Land, Bringing Whips on Airplanes, and Getting $4 as a Check-in Amenity
This is crazy. Someone managed to get themselves onto the air traffic control line and told a plane to land. The plane also responded to the instructions. In addition, they contacted air traffic control and declared an emergency aboard an aircraft. View from the Wing has all the details on this …
Read More »BA Pilot Misses ATC warnings and Snaps at Her For It; Other Pilots Mock Him
One thing I like about travel is how norms seem to regulate behavior. Â I mean this as a passenger, but I just listened to an air traffic control exchange (based in Dublin) where the other pilots jumped to ATC’s rescue when a pilot misbehaved. The air traffic controller continually tried …
Read More »FAA to Allow Air Traffic Control to Text Pilots
Coming soon–a communication tool that will speed up the rate of communication between the air traffic control and the pilots. Text messaging. From USA Today’s Charisse Jones: Data Comm is the latest piece of NextGen,a program that is seeking new air-traffic control equipment and procedures to make air travel safer …
Read More »This Conversation Between a Pilot and Ground Had Me in Tears
I knew how this was going to end–but even then, this audio from a conversation between a pilot whose landing gear wouldn’t go down and the air traffic control tower had me in tears by the end. Between his silent dignity in accepting what could happen, his professional request to …
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