The National Transportation Safety Board took a giant leap forward last week in effort to remind pilots of the limits to the see and avoid concept, the primary method of avoiding midair collisions. The Board released a series of animations created from the pilot’s view in the cockpit from three of the four aircraft involved in two recent midair collisions. The animations show not only the difficulty any of these pilots would have experienced seeing the other aircraft but also the value of cockpit traffic technology as a supplement to the human eye.
NTSB: See and Avoid Isn’t Enough
Key Takeaways:
- The NTSB released animations from two recent midair collisions to demonstrate the inherent limitations of the "see and avoid" concept for preventing midair crashes.
- The animations show the difficulty pilots had in seeing other aircraft and highlight the value of cockpit traffic technology as a crucial supplement to human vision.
- Investigators reconstructed pilot views using 3-D laser scans and radar data to illustrate how in-cockpit technology could have provided crucial alerts, potentially preventing the collisions.
- The NTSB concluded that the "inherent limitations of the see and avoid concept" combined with air traffic controller errors contributed to the pilots' inability to prevent the accidents.
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