Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fire truck on runway

Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by dist-epoch on Monday March 23, 2026 @03:25PM (#47493986)

You could put a TCAS on every ground vehicle. It's not rocket science.

Yes, I know it probably costs $300k, surely today you can have a $10k ground version.

You could also show every plane on a screen inside the vehicle and have some loud alarms if they are on a collision path.

You could even just display FlightRadar24, still better than nothing.

You would still get permission for the tower, this would not be an allow system, just a deny system.

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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by throw0101d on Monday March 23, 2026 @04:27PM (#47494651)

> You could put a TCAS on every ground vehicle. It's not rocket science.

TCAS on planes is disabled below 1000±100' (~300m) AGL (above ground level).

ADS-B on vehicles is already a thing (and FAA certified):

* https://uavionix.com/airports-and-atm/vtu-20/

There are three categories of runway incursion types: operator/ATC error, pilot error, pedestrian/vehicle. Even if someone 'knows' that they need to "hold short runway 12", they can still have a brain fart and go through the hold short line.

Unless you want to argue that all vehicles taxiing have to operate (SAE Level 4) autonomously?

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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by dist-epoch on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @04:29AM (#47499916)

Having emergency braking is different than SAE Level 4. Exactly my point with only denying access versus also allowing it.

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