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Originally Posted by W0X0F
Was that just a simulation? It looked like actual video! And you can plainly see FedEx as SW taxis onto the runway. But if viz was actually 1/8 mile, then this is 100% on the controller.
hmmm, maybe that video is actual footage of the real incident as it took place. does anybody know for sure? i'm doubtful bc i haven't seen this video on the major tv news channels which you'd assume they'd obv have aired it by now
i'm a bit confused now bc the original tweet where i saw the simulation was two tweets which i'm posting below. the bottom tweet says "For clarity, this isn't actual footage, it's a simulation based on the flight data." well we can clearly see that it isn't "actual footage" in that tweet from Feb. 9, so it must be talking about the real-life looking video tweet which came before the "For clarity, ..." tweet, right?
for some reason i thought i'd heard that visibility was poor during the incident. i've gone back and looked at a few articles and don't see poor visibility mentioned, so i must have remembered incorrectly
also, saw this reported in the linked article which is alarming that a semi-major city's airport like AUS (Austin, TX) wouldn't have this technology
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The Austin airport is not among the 35 airports nationwide that use Airport Surface Detection Equipment, or ASDE, to notify controllers of and prevent collisions at airports.
W0X0F - i did a search to find out the other 34 USA airports that don't use ASDE but didn't come up with anything. do you know where this info might be found?
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/06/us/te...ion/index.html