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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by bombcar on Monday March 23, 2026 @02:14PM (#47493137)
From where I'm sitting, it's not really "the fault" of ATC (even though it is) simply because I'm not trusting enough of ATC even when they're on "my side".

When cleared across a runway I'm still going to be looking in all directions, and proceed as fast as I can. I also look both ways at railway crossings even if the guards are up and silent.

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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by __turbobrew__ on Monday March 23, 2026 @02:36PM (#47493400)
I wonder if visibility was good enough that looking both ways before crossing the runway would have prevented this.
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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by bombcar on Monday March 23, 2026 @02:39PM (#47493440)
That'll be one of the things the NTSB investigates.

I also wonder if you're down to a "one controller" scenario if it would be better for there to be once frequency, not a ground/air split.

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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by alistairSH on Monday March 23, 2026 @04:03PM (#47494384)
Or perhaps a "one controller" scenario is just terrible policy.
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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by f1shy on Monday March 23, 2026 @03:38PM (#47494140)
No. it wasn't. Delta crosses 04 in diagonal, so basically they should have taken the head out of the window and look behind. They had the clearance, so they just tried to cross. The problem is for some reason they did not hear the "Truck 1 stop" call.
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