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Su_Spence helps perpetuate Mangalore midair cover-up??

Via this month's Su_Spence bollocks briefing - 

ATSB's Mangalore video shows value of ADSB In
A video released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau shows how the use of Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast In (ADS-B In) would have alerted pilots of two training aircraft that they were on course for a  fatal mid-air collision over Mangalore, Victoria.

The sophisticated video accompanies a visibility study into the 2020 collision and shows that a cockpit display or electronic flight bag app would have alerted the pilots of the two aircraft long before they saw each other.

The accident was the first mid-air collision involving two aircraft operating under instrument flight rules in Australia and occurred outside controlled airspace.

Both aircraft had ADS-B Out but neither had ADS-B In.

The pilots were acting on information provided by air traffic control, as well as self-separation using radio and the ‘see and avoid’ principle.

The ATSB’s investigation found the pilots had insufficient time to physically see the opposing aircraft and avoid a collision.

However, ADS-B (in) connected to a cockpit system or an electronic flight bag would have assisted each pilot with locating the other aircraft and alerting them to its position much earlier.

‘While effective radio communication remains the primary means of self-separation in non-controlled airspace, the targeted and accurate information provided by ADS-B in can provide pilots with significant assistance,’ ATSB Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell says.

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