The crash late Wednesday of American Eagle Flight 5342 near Reagan National Airport has brought fresh attention to a technology known as a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, or TCAS ...
An important protection against a midair crash is technology known as a traffic collision avoidance system, or TCAS. The system, which is required on passenger airlines, alerts pilots when two ...
AND HE WAS SO CLOSE, SO CLOSE TO THE GROUND. SHE SAYS PLANES ARE EQUIPPED WITH A TRAFFIC COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM, OR TCAS SYSTEM. THAT’S WHEN IF YOU’RE AIRBORNE, IT LETS YOU KNOW HOW CLOSE ...