Air traffic controllers at DCA nearly cause 2 aircrafts to crash

FAA has launched an investigation following a near miss incident between two aircrafts at Ronald Reagan National Airport.

[@PalmBeachDog]

Aircraft is the plural of aircraft.

[@ValiantPixel]

No point in explaining simple English rules to these news channels. They never seem to listen.

[@gfevertv]

crazy how we haven't made software to easily automate this. so much airports still in the stone age.

[@amirshahab3400]

Surely there must be demand for such automated software. But it could also make mistakes in its calculations/ decision-making. So rigid rules are a must. Maybe suitable with having it open source? Could significantly improve developments and become deployed over time at many airports globally.

[@BuIIet]

Crazy that you trust software more than humans

[@kingkobra_1945]

@@BuIIet i definitely do lol. AI doesn’t get tired or have bad judgment. humans make the software anyways

[@gfevertv]

@@BuIIet at the end of it all this is just a scheduling problem which we have solved many times before. We already know location of airplanes their altitude, destination, etc... We have information on weather and wind, etc... We just schedule them accordingly on which lanes and when can they cross over. If we see anyone deviating from that schedule we alert them. Why is it so hard to trust, you use these same types of software everyday without even knowing. Your traffic lights are fully automated, why do you trust green and red lights but can't trust software?!?!

[@jacktaylor9290]

@@BuIIet Magnus Carlsen plays against the best chess computer in the world. Who are you betting on?

[@StealthFB22]

Too many planes, not enough ATC, too much overtime….

[@TB-um1xz]

Aviation speak would be a runway incursion

[@erauprcwa]

That's not a "near miss" that's a runway incursion. Even when they try "aviation speak" they still get it wrong.

[@JH-qqqqqiim]

You’re the comic book guy from the simpsons

[@erauprcwa]

@@JH-qqqqqiim WORST COMMENT EVER!

[@BillSmith-rx9rm]

So conflicting information. One said 3 football fields, that's 900 ft. Then the reporter says 300 ft, one football field.

[@Anon-zv7pi]

“near miss” that’s a near hit.

[@thud9797]

Or a miss that is near, get it? 😀

[@gtf5392]

So was it 300 ft. (1 football field) or 300 yds. (3 football fields)?

[@anthonyd5189]

It was about 300ft.

[@gtf5392]

Oh ok - then I wonder why they said 3 football fields in beginning.

[@realtacobell]

​@gtf5392 its because americans generally don't put the effort into learning a single thing about other cultures, and that includes standard units of measure. You see, they cling to their antiquated meausurement systems because its all they know, and no amount of evidence to prove it's inefficiency will break through their hubris or arrogance. The press has come to realize that if they want to cater to the average american, they need to drastically simplify their definitions and language to suit the lowest common denominator.

[@montipellier]

Reporter conflated the "3" from 300 feet with the quantity of football fields, resulting in a grand total of 3 football fields, ack!

[@realtacobell]

Americans hate using proper units and their average population is too dumb to know what either of those looks like

[@melovetorun]

We whaaz air control n sheeeiiit!

[@Bart-dg6qv]

Haha 100%

[@GFSwinger1693]

Three football fields, three hundred feet, who cares. We only have a degree in journalism. We are no good at math. What's important is we try and sensationalize the news and get the story out first.

[@montipellier]

Inferior education doesn't give anyone the right to report innacurate facts.

[@cmdrls212]

this is where a supervisory AI system could step in to issue a halt order when clearly humans have failed.

[@gitgud8131]

we are well overdue for something catastrophic at this rate.

[@Thisandthat8908]

FAA needs to hire more investigators.

[@kennewman3497]

THE EQUITY AND DIVERSITY COMPUTERS AT WORK

[@crazyralph6386]

One only has to listen to that ATC who instructed them, and it all makes sense

[@PeterMasella]

Correction for editing: The plural of "aircraft" is "aircraft."

[@jasonrwolf4499]

it is a major ATC issue. we are getting to comfortable just like Boeing is too comfortable pushing planes out of the manufactoring line

[@DarrenZ07]

guess who it is

[@kevo31415]

With the advent of the internet and more attention paid to commercial aviation as a whole in the past few years, incidents that may have been overlooked in the past are now more scrutinized and reported on by the media. ATC are experiencing a labor shortage and controllers are working more Both can be true

[@robertcampbell1280]

Again, the plural of aircraft is aircraft!!! The plural of craft is craft. The media has gone collectively stupid... or do they teach this in media school?

[@d.wil2x]

To be fair.. they’re reading a teleprompter 😅

[@robertcampbell1280]

@@d.wil2x Then they need to hire better writers.

[@d.wil2x]

@@robertcampbell1280 Maybe they can hire you. Submit an application.

[@sauditate4562]

somebody skipped that second cup of coffee that morning...🤔

[@markf19]

This definitely was a trainee

[@vp1041]

That news guy is certainly excited about explaining it all. 😂 Let’s pay a little more attention in that tower, okay!

[@Blue0cean]

Not acceptable, come on American, Wake Up!

[@TheJanet4321]

I think it's the fault of ATC, not American.

[@starventure]

@@TheJanet4321Forgive him, he is either Chinese or stupid.

[@clickbaitpolice1750]

Boeing at it again

[@melovetorun]

DEI air control.

[@bob80q]

You’re an idiot

[@JakeC-xx8zq]

DEI. We all know it.

[@Bart-dg6qv]

D E I 😂

[@minutelizard3576]

It’s Boeings fault right?

[@reazyy9667]

no its not, its the atc fault, if anything the pilots but defo not boeings fault

[@minutelizard3576]

@reazyy9667 that's a joke since everything nowdays in the media always seems to be directed back at boeing.

[@paigecfrancis]

@@minutelizard3576I think that flew over their head 😂😂😂. Definitely blaming Boeing for this 🤪

[@sliferxxxx]

Jet Blue doesn't fly Boeing aircraft.

[@FunkTots]

400 feet

[@musiciansrepairservice1828]

The FAA in 2012 went to using biographical information to hire candidates rather than training and talent assessment testing (the test that was released in court documents showed things like: You would get 1 point on your score for every high school sport you played, several points if you were unemployed, and surprisingly if you have a pilot's license or previous experience you get 0 points) The FAA is still paying for this blunder and during this time thousands of students paying for their own training gave up trying to get in and moved on with their lives. They probably are not "understaffed", they just don't have enough qualified controllers. Reply

[@prestonmiller6528]

I’m sure they did.

[@cloudstreets1396]

DEI strikes again

[@newblackconcepts4705]

A Fragile White Male makes the DEI comment again.

[@ScortchedYFronts]

Yeeeep. Thats all I heard.Brother was unsure with the TO clearance and the sistah had to yell stop.

[@YouShouldHaveNoticedDecadesAgo]

@@newblackconcepts4705 This doesn't really work anymore. Even the slowest have finally seen through the games. A for effort though.

[@stopspewinshit7878]

It’s NOT the busiest airport in the U.S. you asstard!!!

[@Anon-zv7pi]

could be the busiest runway though

[@fi7959]

@@Anon-zv7pi Yes, it's the busiest runway in the US.

[@reazyy9667]

busiest runway

[@VideoManDan]

It's only the busiest in America if the reporter thinks America only includes that airport 😂

[@naveedismail5774]

@@Anon-zv7pino it’s not the busiest runway in the US

[@jobeymathew998]

Boeing got something to do with it?????

[@reazyy9667]

why would boeing have anything to do with that?

[@jobeymathew998]

All their planes are 💩 I am not getting on Boeing planes.so much issues

[@reazyy9667]

@@jobeymathew998 a assume you got that from the media? You do know that boeing planes are as safe as airbus planes?

[@melovetorun]

DEI air control.

[@BaekSungCho]

Millenials

[@bobby-ov9qn]

DEI hires.

[@MatthewSevens]

Ok boomer

[@sauditate4562]

bingo

[@BaekSungCho]

@@MatthewSevens not really

[@Bart-dg6qv]

Diversity is our strength 😂

[@DonaldDunn-e1n]

This is going to end up being another Joe Biden Twilight Zone story. Lol.

[@orvilletowner2503]

They were eaten by cannibals

[@bevwebs1]

What does presidential politics have to do with this issue?

[@orvilletowner2503]

@@bevwebs1 nothing that's point.Biden will have a story next week that Beau was on the flight and saved everyone.While hunter was banging his wife.