The military aircraft and helicopter are not in direct connection with the civilians. Rather than a chance to travel back and forth,
It must first pass through air traffic control before being communicated,” he said. However, I believe that these transponders are the source of my greatest worry.
According to my understanding, these transponders are supposed to exchange information so that one aircraft can locate the other and sound an alert if they approach too closely,” he said.
For whatever reason, the transponders between this military helicopter and the commercial plane are unable to communicate with one another in one of America’s busiest airspaces.
If they are unable to communicate with one another, I’m not sure why they are permitted in this airspace. It seems to me like it was set up for failure. Nancy Kerrigan,
A two-time Olympic winner, started crying as she spoke about the young skaters who perished in the jet accident yesterday night close to Washington, D.C. In Norwood, Massachusetts,
