CLOSE CALL. Near MIDAIR between departing Airplanes from LAX Airport. REAL ATC

On January 30, 2024.
A possible near midair collision between an American Airlines Airbus A321NEO flight number AAL345 and an Air Canada Airbus A220 flight number ACA782 shortly after departing KLAX . Both aircraft departed runway 25R, with a 54 second interval. According to flight data, ACA782 filed the ORCKA5 departure procedure, while AAL345 filed the DOTTS2 departure procedure. ADS-B data shows a distance of 0.63nm laterally, and 568ft vertically, with both aircraft responded to RA's.
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[@KohlerSAStudios]

Imagine trying to connect to the inflight WiFi connection and suddenly you see 2 WiFi options

[@B4S3B4LLF4N]

lmfaooooo

[@m.choudry4898]

😂

[@starkeeper182]

I almost spit my coffee out thank you

[@harlequin75]

😬

[@kashifh6219]

Oh lord. 😂

[@roymedina638]

Every time I see a video like this, I keep hoping to hear one of the pilots say “departure, when you’re ready to copy, I have a number for you to call, possible Controller deviation!”

[@Airman_Fu]

😂 I had the same thought

[@sylvesterpalermo937]

@@Airman_Fu Me too

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

that has happened a few times here

[@jjpoulsen01]

My BIL is a captain & instructor for a large passenger airliner, he has requested a number that he could call because ATC did something unsafe and wanted to talk to them about it.

[@dylanhill7080]

It's tough to judge without seeing a mode c altitude readout, they could have been separated by 1000ft+ vertically. TCAS RA's can trigger before minimum sep is lost. Also if they are both flying the RNAV DOCKR departure then their track should be the same and AAL wouldn't have been able to cut off ACA. In that case a speed restriction should be enough to prevent an overtake. Departure controller should have recognized it for sure, but someone wasn't flying the procedure.

[@douglasc9182]

Air Canada 782 is still waiting for their heading clarification...

[@mshell1959]

Aren't we all.

[@JH-sf8tf]

090 ??? lol right !

[@raphaelventura8465]

ATC gave them a Direct To fix to fly, that cancels the heading assignment.

[@ImpendingJoker]

@@raphaelventura8465 Yes but that was only after she asked 3 times for the heading again.

[@areza15143]

@@ImpendingJoker at least one of those times she was stepped on. for the other ones, I suspect he was busy reacting to his almost causing a collision

[@pilotembgamers4644]

“Maintain visual separation” is the get out jail free card for a controller

[@kjay5056]

You have to have standard separation before you can apply visual separation. I wish people would make a knowledgeable comment before making a dumb comment.

[@cremebrulee4759]

It was a little late for that.

[@lucacarzaniga6585]

"Unable", back to jail

[@SoloPilot6]

@@kjay5056 Uh . . .no. The controller is telling them to see and avoid other aircraft.

[@SoloPilot6]

Not exactly. What he's doing is telling them that they are free to maneuver if they see a conflict with the other plane -- they won't be creating another problem if they have to turn, dive, etc.

[@herkloader34]

I fly these departures out of LAX quite frequently, but still to this day, don't understand why ATC starts giving headings immediately after takeoff instead of the original "climb via" instructions originally given in the clearance. There was no need to do that with the Air Canada flight. Just more shit to make something fairly simple much harder.

[@pjotrtje0NL]

I’m honestly appalled: why aren’t there SIDs that take care of the separation? This knitting of aircraft in the sky is totally unnecessary. Or, use RNAV waypoints and continue to use the RNAV waypoints!

[@MinhBui-vr2oz]

Professionals don't do things normal people would do . That makes them distinguish from the norms . Just like lawyers , they use terms that can be easy to understand if speaking in plain , simple language . They use terms that make ordinary people look dumb .

[@djfury05]

There are SIDs that take care of it. I don't work at LAX I work departures off Atlanta. Controller caused this 100%. Probably trying to give Air Canada a shortcut with the initial 110 heading but forgot to climb them as well and both were leveling at 50'. Hence the stupidity that ensued.

[@GRosa250]

What’s an RA?

[@hellofromrob]

@@GRosa250. My best guess it’s a TCAS Resolution Advisory.

[@ZeroG_Bandit]

Controllers have to put a dollar in the TCAS jar for that one.

[@bubbaoriley7864]

They use it to buy drinks for everyone when the shift is over

[@Ignatiusyip1978]

Just a dollar? How about a dollar per soul on board both planes?

[@billmccomb4629]

Try $1,000. That was too close!

[@rjm789]

@@bubbaoriley7864bingo

[@robertdoell4321]

More like a hundred dollars in the TCAS for those two screw ups.

[@MeerkatADV]

Yup, lot of things the controller could have done to make that a complete non-issue.

[@prussiaaero1802]

Like stay home that day

[@nightwaves3203]

Never heard tower or departure change them from runway headings. I'd either be fired or viral with all the what the F are you doings I'd use.

[@desertsaker196]

@@nightwaves3203 They were both cleared to a GPS point after departure hence the heading change, but I'm not sure how they ended up on different tracks.

[@nightwaves3203]

@@desertsaker196 Yah I noticed airspeeds weren't included.

[@chrisschack9716]

@@desertsaker196 ORCKA is radar vectors KLIPR to fly NE over the airport, DOTSS is usual RNAV to head east. ORCKA has a turn to 236 at DOCKR, DOTSS a turn to 220. Climb ACA a bit more before turning back and this is a non-issue, give direct PEVEE to AAL and it's probably a non-issue.

[@TheRealRoch108]

when do the controllers start getting a number to call

[@evfarry]

😂, true. I once was cleared to taxi back to the ramp after exiting the runway, and I told ground, holding short, she then caught herself and then thanked me for not colliding with a United jet in my path.

[@eazymoneyracing]

It was self critiquing. I'm sure the boss was well aware.

[@tev3009]

So true

[@tigersfan14]

Never. There’s no accountability with ATC. They’re federal employees who can’t be fired.

[@TheRealRoch108]

I can't count the number of times these D-bags have messed up and put my life at risk@@tigersfan14

[@rossnorthcote9164]

Solely caused by the departure controller

[@michaelconvery8871]

I don’t think so. It looks like someone wasn’t flying the SID. They were both cleared the same RNAV departure so their flight paths should have been the same.

[@TheCyberMantis]

Truth. He should have waited a minute longer for the first plane to get clear for spacing, before letting the second plane go.

[@CharlieFoxtrot00]

@@michaelconvery8871they had the same initial waypoint, but it’s shared by the ORCKA and DOTTS departures, which each was flying. I made a longer post explaining how the design of these departures and the interval at which these aircraft departed can cause this situation.

[@55455817296312345678]

@@michaelconvery8871 DOCKR is a RNAV waypoint, not an SID - and this waypoint is about 2nm from the end of runway 25R. It is possible that the two aircraft had different assigned SIDs, as many of the SIDs out of KLAX 25R share this waypoint. However, considering that the U.S. commonly uses 'vector departures', it is possible that the aircraft were expecting vectors after crossing DOCKR, but the departure controller mis-timed / mis-coordinated these vectors.

[@michaelconvery8871]

@@55455817296312345678yes. They are RNAV SID’s. I see the error now looking at the plates. It looks like one was on the OSHNN1 and the other on the DOTSS 2. Interesting!!

[@Michigan_Adventures]

"Yeah I'm aware..." I messed up!

[@whaledriver5457]

Did you guys hear Air Canada mention the TCAS RA? As long as the pilots follow the guidance from the TCAS RA there won't be a collision. It is the last line of defense (and a good one) against mid airs.

[@rynovoski]

That close is too close.

[@SoloPilot6]

What they are doing is chewing out the controller -- and getting it RECORDED, in case of later need.

[@BenJuan26]

Pretty sure they're required to advise over the radio that they've had an RA.

[@MrPerfusionist]

@@BenJuan26 what is RA

[@joergbuxbaum8216]

Resolution Advisory - RA - onboard system coordinated evasive action - one plane climbing, one descending to gain sufficient vertical separation.

[@prussiaaero1802]

I once had an experienced ATC in the sim (ATC sim) tell me “traffic in your six o’clock, report sighting.” I replied “you’re kidding aren’t ya?” Nope, he wasn’t!

[@rasteek]

lol

[@michaelbrennan8294]

You have to use your rear view mirror.

[@decyattysyachpchyol]

​@@michaelbrennan8294Just be careful when reaching out the windscreen to adjust it. And to wear your oxygen mask.

[@shreedhar333]

I once had an ATC do that to me in real life. There was a TBM who had departed just behind me, blasting to the departure fix like it was the last thing he was gonna do. ATC gave me the six o’clock traffic advisory as I had just about made it there and I just said “Roger”. What I really wanted to say was “negative contact; dropping flares and breaking right”.

[@thesolaraquarium]

yeh they are the worst…😂 especially if they look like a smoking flying telegraph pole and you are in Russian airspace.😢

[@areza15143]

Departure thought he had already cleared AC782 to 12,000 but he missed doing so. That’s why he assumed turning AA345 in that direction would be ok.

[@Jmjbs]

That's the most likely explanation. To add to this, it seems like the departure controller was relieved in the middle of this. So it's likely the controller going on break told the relieving controller he issued the climb to Air Canada when he actually didn't. The relieving controller expected ACA to be leaving 5,000 before they would be an issue with American.

[@organfreak1212]

You're probably right, but where did both get their clearances to 5000'? DOTTS2 is initial climb 17000' with DOCKR AoB 3000', WEILR AoB 5000' and DOTTS MNM 15000'. ORCKA5 on the other hand is initial climb FL230 also with DOCKR AoB 3000' and KLIPR MNM 10000'. I don't hear any instruction to climb 5000' only for either of the flights. Did KUSA give them that?

[@Jmjbs]

@@organfreak1212 all departures off LAX are initial climb 5,000

[@paranoma87]

The 17,000' is the top altitude of the SID. All clearances out of LAX are usually to: "Climb VIA except Maintain 5,000". Once you get handed over to Departure they will either give you clearance to a higher altitude or a CLIMB VIA Clearance which would then clear you the rest of the way to 17,000' in this case. @@organfreak1212

[@donaldthomas7070]

When you assume you run the risk of making an ass out of u & me-or at least getting into a serious mess.

[@veronicamissV]

Can you imagine what everyone was seeing from the airplanes? Wow 😮that was a butt clincher there. Thank God there wasn't a collision.

[@christerry1773]

Most of them likely didn't' even notice. Those that did probably thought, well that's awfully close but it's LAX.

[@lenator100]

Nothing.

[@Zico20]

They were all watching their Vision Pros bro

[@veronicamissV]

@@Zico20 😆 🤣

[@SoGorgeous-ju8jn]

WTF. OH MY LORD.

[@SquawkCode]

The controller almost transitioned Air Canada and American into eachother.

[@cambrosn]

Departure at LAX does this all the time. SNA is even worse. Many times they give 10 headings and altitudes around the turn that match the original departure almost exactly. Why do this when they can just have a climb via the SID? Their workload is entirely brought on themselves. Also, non-standard comes abound here.

[@rjdverbeek]

Maybe to separate the traffic?

[@CharlieFoxtrot00]

The ORCKA5 requires a vector back to KLIPR. The DOTSS does not.

[@TheGreenReaper]

@@rjdverbeek Well, some of it _is_ Canadian, so I guess that makes sense.

[@kjay5056]

It all circles back to the training they receive. You're only as good as your instruction in the radar room. We have seen that standard progressively go down and down (DEI). Retired ATC LAX...so I know!

[@rynovoski]

@@kjay5056 just say you’re racist. It’s shorter.

[@noytheya]

The controller forgot to climb Air Canada. Had AC been cleared to 12000 you wouldn’t be watching this. Instead, AC leveled at 5000, which is what AA was cleared to, causing the close call. Had AC been given the climb to 12000 on initial contact, as soon as they crossed American would have got the climb to 12000 too. Done correctly, this is a typical operation.

[@Jmjbs]

To add to this I believe this happened during a controller overlap so the first controller may have told the relieving controller he issued the climb to Air Canada when he actually didn't

[@stuartdickson6251]

RA - "resolution advisory' by the automatic systems, pilots are trained to follow them and temporarily ignore AirTrafficController, had to look that up, good thing indeed.

[@dotadojardiner8893]

So did the Air Canada pilots give ATC the number to call?!

[@gpslightlock1422]

This discussion thread can be used as a FAA Training Aid.

[@AnantKumarS]

Excellent work by Real ATC channel!

[@kens249]

Tower is always so keen on rolling you before traffic ahead even lifts off at LAX, besides a nasty wake its not safe.

[@die_moehre5658]

wasn't there a close call on the runway because of that? They thought the plane would take off and already cleared the next one, not realizing the first plane stopped on the runway. Luckily the pilots in the second plane noticed in time. Might have been a different airport, not sure

[@nickalan4516]

Radar controller here. He never climbed the Air Canada. That appears to be the error.

[@iammdeepak1]

makes more sense to have the AIr Canada plane make a right turn, no?

[@TheFamilyman7]

Did AC delay their turn on the SID or did AA begin theirs too soon? And what happened to 5min entrail sep delay?

[@rogerdepass9028]

he also told AAA that ACA was turning to the Northwest???

[@pilotbenny]

220 pilot here - thing climbs slow af gonna be out climbed by the 321 not doubt

[@Sw-bs3wi]

@@pilotbennycontroller here, thanks for reassuring me that it isn’t my imagination 😂 I’ve been convinced of this for months. Caught me out a few times!

[@sunnyscott4876]

Wheeeeeeee!✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️ You never want to hear ATC say, "Oops, sorry, my bad."

[@dburton7929]

The clock continues to count down toward the biggest disaster in aviation history. There have been more close calls and near disasters over the last year, I can’t recall how many, but this trend is not going to end well.

[@IsleOfFeldspar]

I think the DEI initiative will lead to many deaths.

[@ragheadand420roll]

We just need more diversity and dei hires to make that happen Idiocracy is a documentary

[@glennsmith3303]

I think a lot of us wonder if this was DEI. Not saying it is, but if it is, there will be no followup. The DEI policy is more important than public safety with the current administration. @@ragheadand420roll

[@N224DW]

That was the controllers fault.... he gave Air Canada the 110 heading turn too soon. They are on the ORCKA departure which the controller gives vectors to the aircraft back over LAX with an eventual clearance on route to KEGGS. American right behind him was on his departure route which is basically a crosswind departure to the south with an eventual turn to the east south of long beach...... the Air Canada should have been allowed to fly west and gain altitude before that turn. Then the American would have been below and likely ahead of the Air Canada flight path

[@d_mcg]

Don't disagree, but both planes were given instructions direct to DOCKR yet the trailing plane turned early and began to overtake.

[@bastianwagner4324]

@@d_mcg DOCKR is basically right of the runway, if the American was on OSHNN1 or DOTTS2, the turn he does is part of the departure. For Air Canada, if he's on the ORCKA he has to continue on a 236 heading for vectors towards KEGGS

[@JohnSmith-zi9or]

@@d_mcg "Don't disagree, but both planes were given instructions direct to DOCKR yet the trailing plane turned early and began to overtake." I do not believe the American jet turned early. The American was on the DOTSS2 RNAV and it appears they followed the route which is a turn left to WEILR after DOCKR which is just off the coastline. The controller screwed this up.

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@@d_mcgthey both crossed dockr as instructed.

[@CharlieFoxtrot00]

The nature of the ORCKA needing a vector while other aircraft are own nav is a setup for a near miss like this or worse. Yes, it’s on ATC here to maintain the separation, but I’d think it would be easier to deconflict the traffic by designing the separation into the departure procedures so that no ATC instruction is necessary, and no conflict can occur.

[@rileysteve]

It is just a matter of "when" the big collision happens. Everybody in the aviation industry knows it's coming. Especially the insurers. Last month in Tokyo was minor compared to two Super-Jumbos colliding. Last year saw a record number of near-collisions.

[@tjfSIM]

You're right. It's terrifying to think about two heavies colliding shortly after take-off, especially as there's usually suburbs and dense residential areas beneath the climb out /approach zones. Does seem bizarre to have two aircraft departing so close together and cleared to the same fix though - wouldn't it make sense to alternate the initial fix for such close departures? To be relying on assumed vertical separation seems very dicey.

[@leeclemens879]

are "near collisions" recorded anywhere reliably?

[@marcellkovacs5452]

Comments like this are so pointless. It’s like telling someone that it’s only a matter of time until they die. Duh.

[@bosshog8844]

@@marcellkovacs5452 It isn't pointless to criticize a process we know is going to lead to needless deaths.

[@rizzodefrank]

Whats the point of sids if you dont use them

[@robburgundy9539]

Lmao

[@TheCOZ]

What's the point of question marks if you don't use them?

[@thesim1990]

@@TheCOZ What's the point of your keyboard if you're just going post shit.

[@TheCOZ]

@@thesim1990 Aww, did someone not pass English class? Do you realize how dumb your statement was?

[@Jmjbs]

Air Canada is on a loop departure (look up the ORCKA SID off LAX) which relies on ATC issuing the turn back towards land

[@dionysg205]

OK. I am probably missing something here. Both aircraft where given RNAV to DOCKR and both cleared to climb 5000. After the transfer, Departure is keeping the clearance unchanged and restricts speed for AAL. I assume that the speed restriction is to keep them separated since they are on the same departure and cleared level. But we see that AAL is not following the same track the ACA was on before the 110 heading.

[@thomasdemaeyer-gs2ql]

I saw the same thing. Somebody didn’t Rnav DOCKR. Appears to be Air Canada. DOCKR then WEILR looks more like what AA did. AC appears to have been on runway heading then fixed it into LNAV late.

[@johnaclark1]

Both airplanes went to DOCKR as cleared. Their cleared routes diverge after that as they were on different departure procedures that both use DOCKR as the first RNAV fix but diverge after DOCKR. This was controller error, not pilot error.

[@kjay5056]

He didn't need to give a speed...all a/c below 10,000' have to maintain 250kts or less unless operationally needed.

[@griveramx]

Different departures, same first waypoint.

[@sirtango1]

You know it was pretty close when the Air Canada advises they got a R.A. from TCAS! Not sure what A.C. policy is, but the pilot didn’t seem too enthused about having to explain that! Some AC controller sitting in a room got all excited, I bet! But if I had another aircraft come so close to me that I got a R.A. I wouldn’t be too happy either!

[@randymcmeekin1955]

Sorry what is a RA?

[@sirtango1]

@@randymcmeekin1955 TCAS Traffic Collision Avoidance System R.A. Resolution Advisory

[@mijo3642]

Yes i fly these every week, the issue here depends on the ROC of the aircraft which we don't know right now. personally I get up and out ASAP if I can.. Too much going on sometimes

[@adamwatkins1150]

What does ROC mean, and what does PV mean?

[@mijo3642]

@@adamwatkins1150 Hello, ROC means Rate of Climb.. (and ROD = rate of descent). I will try and make it easy to understand for you 😊 If ATC is expecting a certain minimum (or maximum) rate of climb, and/or a particular speed and you climb or fly slower / faster or change it then the ATC computer can only predict what it sees at that time, it may not be wrong as such but, the also TCAS (Traffic or Collision avoidance system in the aircraft, another prediction engine) predicts potential collisions based on where you and the other traffic are and what you are doing and if you continue to do it. If it thinks there will be a collision it gives you avoiding action, (an RA or Resolution). It may be you are still turning, speeding up / slowing down or starting / reducing a climb etc. in which case the prediction is maybe premature but you still have to follow it. It only gives CL

[@charliecat2377]

Nice work SoCal 🤦

[@jddonmoyer2489]

You can hear the difference in voice afterwards

[@davidf2911]

For the uninitiated, what happened? Last call sounded like a collision, but I live nearby, I would have heard. What happened here?

[@IronAddict34]

Does this have anything to do with lowering ATC qualifications to almost nothing? I bet we see more of this.

[@zoso73]

I wonder what it felt like inside AA345 one second after ATC told the pilots "turn right immediately."

[@2whl4re]

It probably felt like they were turning.

[@prussiaaero1802]

Turned them towards danger. Gutsy move MAV.

[@TheCOZ]

@@2whl4re To the right. Immediately. 😄

[@timames4405]

I suspect the TCAS would have sounding.

[@bxpress6507]

I wonder if they got those "OH CRAP!" Bars installed like on cars!

[@HolySoopCoolers]

Give that controller a number to call…

[@cleareddirect7013]

I had an approach controller give me a lower altitude than the MVA a week or so ago…. Once I was below the mva she came back on and told me to “climb immediately” interestingly enough the ATC audio was garbled when I went back and listened to the tape….

[@GK-sn1jx]

Great content, but you should include an overlay of the departing aircraft SIDs. This way we know turns done by either aircraft are part of the SID or pilots doing their own thing like the American possibly turning to a heading of 250 instead of increasing speed to 250. I understand a lot of SIDs are not to scale on charts though, so it may be a tall order.

[@bruinflight1]

Exactly what TCAS and RA's are designed to do, good job all for avoiding actual disaster.

[@user-pf5xq3lq8i]

No

[@truckinfool3550]

Possible controller deviation, advise when ready to copy a number…

[@johnnorth9355]

F*ck - that was far too close for comfort.

[@-AthleteInAction-]

Seems like they are both on the OSHNN1 and ACA deviated away from it? I didnt hear any heading assignment for the ACA tho before the 110 heading call. Maybe it was missed in the ATC audio? The must've been assigned a heading or ATC wouldve been barking at them earlier.

[@CMDRFandragon]

Where was AAL going? Seems like they shoulda been following right behind ACA.

[@jonelryanguevara9335]

I always hear that no matter which runway is being assigned by ATC it goes “at the shoreline, turn right or contact socal departures”

[@anthonyrenaud5783]

What the hell was ATC thinking of!!!

[@prilep5]

Communication should have a backup text messaging system in place because of radio distortion and interruptions plus accent makes inefficient and unsafe navigation

[@frednewman2162]

Not a pilot, but looks like ATC was totally at fault over that! Does ATC get a phone number to call?

[@kjay5056]

It's done automatically. There is a snitch patch which will alert someone higher up that there was a possible "deal" that occurred.

[@artgreen6915]

Any departure effectively 'cutting the corner' on a bigger turn the previous departure is making will create a risk. Why don't they just say begin your turn at 2 miles out? If everyone begins their turns at roughly the same point this can't happen.

[@as-guardianangel9360]

The AC looked to be on the ORCHA where as AA on the DOTSS… ORCHA is a vectored departure and DOTSS is a CVS. Not sure why ATC allowed the American to takeoff that close to the Aircanada. The point of the ORCHA departure is to vector the planes in a 180, then direct NE over LAX….tower should have known that….

[@daemn42]

At first blush this looks like mostly an ATC issue, but both planes were supposed to be on RNAV to DOCKR departure which means they should have been on exactly the same track maintaining fixed horizontal separation. Either ACA782 turned left too late past DOCKR (or not to heading 220) or AAL345 turned left too early. To my eye it looks like AAL345 turned to 220 exactly where they were supposed to, while ACA782 was on like 230-235 and late. Had they been on same track in front of AAL345 there would have been no issue when ATC turned them to 110. It seemed odd that AAL345 tried to turn left inside ACA782 but I think again they were on the proper DOCKR - SHAEF track with a turn at SHAEF to 155, and with visual contact thought they could just fly underneath em until ATC got involved and made a mess of it.

[@SheAirFire]

My only question...But why, ATC?

[@ehsan83]

even with the same heading or altitude they still took off sometime apart, probably a minute. How come the AA caught up to AC?

[@highaltitude787]

Aca began banking and maintained 5000 feet while AA continued climbing to 5000 on its current heading then were told to turn which was heading towards ACA. The controller forgot to tell ACA to climb at FL120 until much later

[@felixbaxter352]

You cant blame AC for that one!

[@craftykoala]

The A220 has the 400hz hum on their radios? They don't..Another ripped video from smaller youtube channels, ya'll are great and I'm a big fan, but you should do better than this. There's a reason @avocadoflight hides keys in his audio..

[@sillysillyfauna]

RIP

[@brmam1385]

Terrifying, though both pilots seemed calm!

[@WingsOfDay]

Why was the exclamation point added about turning immediately, the controller was calm with no change in his voice.

[@Karimok]

How come at 2:14 ACA782 said they had the AA insight, while they were ahead of the AA ?? Can someone explain this to me, please?

[@willer3399]

Tail gunner cam. 😉

[@larrybaker5316]

that's funny!@@willer3399

[@acsimpson2633]

Well, as a European, (English) all North Americans in the aviation world suffer from acute verbal diarrhoea. Is there any wonder that clearances are misheard or mis-spoken? You’ve only got yourselves to blame. (Thinks) “I must be quicker than the other guys”. Trying to be slicker than the rest. WRONG! Just think about it. That approach (ignore the pun), is wrong on so many levels. I was Royal Air Force Aircrew for 30 years, ergo I am qualified to comment; I suggest you all try to get across ‘The Pond’ and just listen to ATC Comms - especially London ATC, the major European ATCs - and learn how to speak with clarity and precision. Maybe then there won’t be fiascos and near misses like the above in NorCal airspace, or anywhere else. Fly safe Americans.

[@toemblem]

Thanks junior for your elitist comment. We invented air traffic control, the airplane and now that we own the English language, we shall speak as we please. Just be glad that we let you feel important even though a state like California produces more GDP than your little islands country. Also, that is SoCal, not NorCal.

[@ClausB252]

All? Isn't that an over-generalization?

[@danieltoms4065]

Oh behave - YEAH!

[@meRyanP]

What a load of shit lol

[@acsimpson2633]

@@meRyanP Ah, there you are, the typical erudite one.

[@martynrich5187]

Its that headfing 110 and keeping them at the same altitude, he must not have seen the 2nd radar contact pr something given it was just taking off.

[@mirilikolar]

TCAS didn't go on?

[@Boodieman72]

Sounds like the American Airlines aircraft didn't have enough spacing before taking off, which would be the towers fault, assuming times in the video haven't been trimmed.

[@YourMomSaysHi_Jinx]

They had plenty of space. The issue was the departure controller leaving Air Can at 5000 and forgetting to climb her to 12,000 while having American 345 climb to 5000

[@bobbydevine2154]

I watch LA Flights, it's like lets see how fast we can get 30 planes off the ground, not enough time between for error

[@JamesQMurphy]

I'm not a pilot, but even I saw it was ATC's fault. And totally impressed at both pilots' keeping cool.

[@RLTtizME]

You only heard what they said over the radio.

[@decyattysyachpchyol]

​@@RLTtizMEAs I have imagined being a passenger: Close call happening. Captain: Bargh! F-- S--- D--- Ahhh! (Captain picks up intercom) ladies and gentlemen, it's a sunny day and we'll be at Atlanta in about two and half hours. You may unfasten your seatbelts. Enjoy your flight.

[@kjay5056]

American saw AC the whole way. You would have had a different reaction had both been in the clouds and if they were head on.

[@educatedguess5093]

@@decyattysyachpchyol delusional psychopath....sht

[@bv3bv334]

Forget the near mid-air......ACA collided with AAL at the threshold!

[@Rennyteam359]

I would expect LAX will be reviewing this and take the necessary moves to see it does not happen again. Both pilots did exactly as directed. What we do not know is what the situation was in the IFR room,(TRACON), at that moment. Controllers have to learn to think quick as a bunny and make instant decisions based on the situation at tha moment. Now retired from moving Iron Birds, even with the new technology the job hasn't gotten any easier. It has gotten worse. Not eveyone is cut out for this job, especially at this level of a facility. Alway remember you can call or visit the facility to get explanations of procedures.

[@fd3621]

"...just to advise we had an RA there." What's an RA? @3:12

[@AS-id7jo]

arent we supposed to be at 250 knots max under the transition altitude or is there a different rule in the US ? Heard the controller say under 250 and aircraft was passing 1500 to 5000 feet. What is the transition altitude in LAX ?

[@rynovoski]

250 till 10,000. Transition altitude in the USA is 18,000. You can adjust your speed to 250 kts from slower just as well as faster.

[@markcardwell]

ATC, I got a number for you to call, you ready to copy?

[@oldestpartofheaven]

ok, i got one problem here: ACA782 was canceld on 30. Januar 2024...what date did this occur?

[@StefanZacharias1]

It was on January 17

[@oldestpartofheaven]

@@StefanZacharias1 thanks :)

[@jevasjunkbox]

Was this actually on January 30, 2024? I ask as FlightRadar24 app shows ACA782 was cancelled on that day.

[@StefanZacharias1]

It was on January 17

[@MostDear]

What is TCA? What is RA?

[@SeanHarger]

You need to put the altitudes on the video or else it's not clear how close these aircraft were vertically.

[@alk672]

That is one weird way to have a traffic conflict. Someone in the tower is not paying attention.

[@kjay5056]

Not his fault with the guy in the tower...it's the radar controller giving vectors and not alert enough to see what he did wrong

[@pocdabeno1974]

Adequate altitude separation. American had visual of Air Canada, nothing to see here.

[@flashgordon10001]

I was the copilot on the Airbus 200. My god that was close!

[@lucasdownunder]

Do pilots have a phone number they can give to the ATC?

[@PCEngineer2007uk]

Why didn't they turn the Air Canada left after departure? Could've saved a lot of hassle!

[@Nicetrybrobro]

I got a number for the controller to write down...

[@PghDon77]

Damn that was close

[@maxst415]

controller fumbled on this one. still never clarifired heading 090 lol

[@juli99475]

Why are they not flying the same departure? Both hat RNAV to DOCKR or did I miss something?

[@johnaclark1]

Two different SIDs that use the same initial fixes. ORCKA5 vs OSHNN1

[@bd5289]

Departure controller told Air Canada to turn left...that started the whole mess!

[@elsuprimo0674]

How does this happen when you are working only two airplanes? Is this the result of the “Covid Checkouts@?

[@tylerfielding5311]

What’s an RA that Canada Air was referring to?

[@Jmjbs]

A resolution advisory. It's basically an alert from TCAS "traffic collision avoidance system" that tells you a collision is about to happen and gives you maneuvering instructions to avoid the collision.

[@glennog]

If they were both on the same RNAV departure, how did this even happen?

[@ryancappo]

I’m surprised the FAA or NTSB isn’t doing a safety shutdown for a day to go over all of the close calls and small airplane crashes that have happened. It is only a matter of time before a big crash happens it seems.

[@michmart9261]

I wonder why everybody gets the same initial altitudes, when on similar departures..

[@johnaclark1]

Most likely to stay below arrivals in case of radio failure.

[@CharlieFoxtrot00]

Date is wrong, should be January 17th.

[@SoloPilot6]

"RA" = "Resolution Advisory" -- the TCAS system telling the pilots to change (or not change) their altitude, QUICKLY, because of another plane in conflict. Pilots are trained to follow TCAS instructions, no matter what the controller is telling them. In other words, there's immediate and real danger of a mid-air collision, and the TCAS systems in each plane are talking with each other to keep it from happening. Why did the controller have 782 make a left turn in front of a following plane that was already turning?

[@meofnz2320]

Perhaps when the controller gave the traffic information to American his brain subsequently retained the 12000’ foot information as a previously issued instruction to Canadian, and consequently never issued the climb. My impression in the USA is that controllers have to give give too much unnecessary information and make life hard for themselves.

[@CS-gg5hx]

Thanks to the ATSAP program, that controller will not receive any remedial training and will continue to do a poor job the next day and likely throughout his career. There used to be severe consequences for rule violations, but not anymore.

[@bobdonovan34]

From my armchair detective work, it looked like they both had SID's with DOCKR and SHAEF as the first two waypoints and ACA missed SHAEF hence the awful vector in front of AAL.

[@DeeO9186]

That was scary! Isn’t that an ATC deviation?

[@TheGreenReaper]

Yeah, but they don't have enough getting through the training already.

[@XYZ_55]

568ft vertical clearance is obviously nothing, but isn't 0.63 nm kinda far? Doesn't seem like a CLOSE CALL to me?

[@nullakilenc]

Even before AC gets vectored on a 110 heading.... The two aircraft are not on the same fpath, even tho they've been cleared for the same DOCKR departure. This means on of them was either late with the turn (AC) or making an early shortcut without clearence.(AA) So in my opinion the controller and one of the aircraft crew made a mistake here.

[@agamsingh1147]

ATC 100% is to blame.

[@MrAngel2U]

why didnt Air Canada hook a right after take off?

[@henryptung]

Different voices for departure at 1:03 and 1:15?

[@joshron99]

Small wonder.

[@jamescollier3]

Right.