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The technology tracks vehicles on or near runways to alert controllers before impending crashes
06 April 2023 – 15:56 Alan Levin
A crucial safety system that’s relied on to avoid potentially fatal collisions at major US airports is ageing and plagued by outages that have left travellers unprotected for months at a time. At some airports, it hasn’t ever been installed.
The technology — which tracks vehicles on or near runways to alert controllers before impending crashes — often uses decades-old radar equipment for which spare parts are difficult to find, according to government data and the president of the union representing air traffic controllers. ..
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