collision-avoidance

The Airbus official said such warnings, called collision-avoidance advisories, frequently prompt pilots to overreact by making their planes climb or dive too steeply or for to long.

Airbus to Expand Automation Features on All Its Jet Models Andy Pasztor 2011

• New helicopter safety rules focus on emergency flights: The agency issued wide-ranging proposals, including ground collision-avoidance systems and tighter bad-weather operating restrictions for emergency medical flights.

Janet Napolitano voicing new Metro messages Ed O 2010

Shortly after liftoff, a cockpit collision-avoidance warning sounded in the jetliner's cockpit, and the United pilots later recounted "seeing only the underside of the airplane."

Report Details Midair Close Call Andy Pasztor 2011

In two recent incidents, an Embraer 145 and a twin-engine Beechcraft narrowly missed colliding Wednesday over Wichita, Kan., and last week, a pair of Boeing 737s were separated by onboard collision-avoidance systems as one approached and the other departed Phoenix.

U.S. air traffic controllers record 51% rise in operational errors Ashley Halsey III 2010

Before switching the radio to a departure frequency, one of the United pilots told the tower controller that the collision-avoidance warning had sounded and "we need to talk."

Report Details Midair Close Call Andy Pasztor 2011

The FAA rule comes amid heightened scrutiny of airborne near-misses across the U.S. Since 2010, the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates aircraft incidents and accidents, has been collecting its own reports of cockpit collision-avoidance warnings.

FAA Pushes for Faster Fixes to Anticollision Systems on 9,000 Planes Andy Pasztor 2012

The board's report indicates that a collision was avoided because the pilot flying the A319 temporarily stopped the controller-ordered turn and then heeded an onboard emergency collision-avoidance warning to descend.

Mistakes Led Planes Toward Near-Collision Andy Pasztor 2011

Eventually, he said, drones may incorporate their own collision-avoidance sensors.

U.S. Says Drone, Cargo Plane Collide Over Afghanistan Nathan Hodge 2011

The move could potentially save the freight-railroad industry hundreds of millions of dollars as it works to meet a congressional mandate for installing collision-avoidance hardware, known as "positive train control."

Railroads Gain Leeway on Safety Rule Josh Mitchell 2011

Citywide routing and guidance algorithms had failed, leaving vehicles to come to a halt on their own collision-avoidance routines.

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