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Comment on "Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport."

SpermHowitzer@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

TCAS warnings initially come up about 90 seconds before a potential collision, and a resolution advisory comes up about 60 seconds before a collision. A resolution advisory is obviously a serious situation, but it’s early enough that the climb or descent commands are really not anything crazy, not anything outside a normal climb or descent. No one should be hitting the ceiling if a tcas resolution is flown properly.

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Skunk@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Once the flight smoothed out, Ulasewicz, who was traveling to Las Vegas, said the pilot made an announcement indicating the plane used software to avoid a midair collision.

Apparently it was right before catering service and well into AP flight. As a europoor I only master Airbus so I don’t know how a 737 is supposed to respond to a TA/RA.

Let’s wait for better sources.

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- RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Do we have two pilots in here
  
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- SpermHowitzer@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  The 737 won’t fly an RA on autopilot. We have to disconnect the autopilot and auto throttle and hand fly it. There’ll be a red box on the PFD that we just keep the pitch outside of, and we’ll be fine.
  
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  - Skunk@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Ok, I just looked at the737-NG PFD RA and it looks different from what I know but I wasn’t aware that you had to hand fly it.
    
    As the aircraft was climbing and with the yoke I guess it’s easy to push it a bit too hard and spill some coffee.
    
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- DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  abcnews.go.com/US/…/story?id=124084290
  
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  - Skunk@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I meant an aeronautical source, like avherald.com/h?article=52aca268&opt=0
    
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