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Re:Incident: Swiss A333 at New York, rejected takeoff due to... by SkyPuncher on Monday April 22, 2024 @01:17AM (#40111577)
It’s is 99% computerized. It’s the last 1% that requires significant human interpretation and reaction to real world events.

Even further, many of these problems do not lie solely with ATC. They also involve humans, piloting the airplanes.

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Re:Incident: Swiss A333 at New York, rejected takeoff due to... by qiqitori on Monday April 22, 2024 @01:26AM (#40111606)
I don't get why this incident occurred, it should be quite preventable with the currently installed (quite simple) technology, namely status lights. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runway_status_lights

They're apparently installed according to this PDF: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/rwsl/media/JFK.pd...

In this case, planes coming from 04R (per the article) were crossing 04L. All the normal crossings of 04L I see in this PDF are equipped with the lights.

So what went wrong?

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