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Woodwardg t1_jb4rtkj wrote

Reply to comment by BatXDude in 2 helicopters collided in air by louiesoapbox

I'm not a pilot, but one would imagine that he has a ton of interfaces in front of him which he's using to maintain speed / trajectory / elevation / what have you. the pilot isn't necessarily concerned with what's going on 360 degrees around him with the naked eye.

why none of those interfaces are capable of warning him that another craft is barreling towards him? that's my question.

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nicethingyoucanthave t1_jb52noo wrote

What do you think about the guy gently tapping him on his shoulder? Every time I see that, I think that the tap only further distracted the pilot. It drew the pilot's attention to the passenger instead of out the window.

the passenger points at the other aircraft, but the pilot has to turn almost all the way around just to see the finger.

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Commie_EntSniper t1_jb5m9sv wrote

Had the passenger pointed when he had the initial instinct instead of waiting and tapping... but then again, you trust your pilot to do hir job.

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JGCities t1_jb5lbjf wrote

Based on description of the accident the guy in this copter is probably to blame as he struck the tail rotor of the other copter.

>Less than a minute after take-off, the departing helicopter (registration VH-XKQ)[7] was struck in the tail by an arriving helicopter (registration VH-XH9)

Pretty much a rear end collision. The people in the first copter had no clue what was about to happen.

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DontCallMeMillenial t1_jb7m3yp wrote

Also - both helicopters were giving sightseing tours for the same damn company.

They should know they're operating within the same airspace and be cognizant of each other's positions.

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BatXDude t1_jb4s825 wrote

Isn't there alarms usually?

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take_care_a_ya_shooz t1_jb4st7x wrote

A tourism helicopter has nowhere near the amount of automations/alerts that a commercial jet does.

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ktElwood t1_jb4vx06 wrote

Wouldn't they have ADS-B Transponders and some sort of air space monitoring would tell them

"Watch the fuck out"

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CrashSlow t1_jb4zbns wrote

ADS-B is a catch all term. ADS-B is mostly US thing, ADS-B differs by country and in Canada there is no requirement for it, no idea what oz has for requirements.

There are different levels and kinds of traffic warning system that work off transponders of all kinds. Problem is you have to set the alert range on them. Thats easy in an airplane, just warn if anythings comes within 5miles. If it goes off all the time you reduce the range or end up muting it. They are far from perfect in slow moving aircraft.

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