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Re:Commercial jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter near R... by amelius on Thursday January 30, 2025 @07:53AM (#42877275)
That's a nice website, but from a layman's perspective it seems odd that everybody with an internet connection could have seen the imminent crash except the pilots ...
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Re:Commercial jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter near R... by nemomarx on Thursday January 30, 2025 @08:19AM (#42877436)
once you know to look at those two specific flights it probably gets easier, yeah. if you were looking at everything in the air at the time I think less so?
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Re:Commercial jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter near R... by amelius on Thursday January 30, 2025 @10:02AM (#42878394)
I mean, you can get the data from an API, probably. Then you just write a python script to keep an eye on colliding trajectories.
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Re:Commercial jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter near R... by mrguyorama on Thursday January 30, 2025 @11:25AM (#42879295)
I'm sorry, do you HONESTLY think ATC doesn't do that? ATC was literally mid conversation with the helicopter to deconflict it's path when the collision happened.

What is it with people insisting that the smart people literally tasked with their job somehow have no idea how to do it?

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Re:Commercial jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter near R... by amelius on Thursday January 30, 2025 @06:28PM (#42883298)
Well, it appears that the situation came as a surprise to at least one of the parties involved.
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