Re:FAA NOTAM System Outage Affecting All North America Flights
by Scoundreller on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:41PM
(#34345335)
What if the tower’s radio goes down?
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:FAA NOTAM System Outage Affecting All North America Flights
by t0mas88 on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:50PM
(#34345454)
They have backup transmitters and if everything fails (tower evacuation has happened) you talk to the overlying approach / tracon / center frequencies to check. And then after that, land anyway and self announce positions for other traffic.
It's basically the same as landing at an airport that doesn't have a tower. Happens every day at hundreds of airports.