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Re:Toronto's Pearson airport responding to emergency involvi... by randerson on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @06:40AM (#43088428)
Considering how much effort it takes the NTSB to reconstruct the chain of events from the crash site and flight data recorder, any high-resolution video could be very valuable. In particular I think all airliners should have 4K "dashcams" considering how inexpensive the technology now is.

Crashes aside, a high-res Tower view would also make a great live webcam for enthusiasts to watch while listening to LiveATC.

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Re:Toronto's Pearson airport responding to emergency involvi... by rtkwe on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @10:14AM (#43090431)
A view just out the front of the plane wouldn't do much to help crash investigations and one of the big reasons they don't is you have to make a large enough storage resilient enough it can reasonably survive a crash. Most crashes are no where near this gentle.

Far more useful would be an interior cockpit view showing the crew and the actions they were taking but a lot of that is recorded to the FDR on newer planes too.

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Re:Toronto's Pearson airport responding to emergency involvi... by randerson on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @04:43PM (#43095478)
True. A better external placement would be a wide angle tail-mounted camera that can film the entire aircraft from the rear. Some airlines (e.g. Emirates) already have this live view available on the infotainment.
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