Midair Collision over Denver
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Midair Collision over Denver
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#2ATC comms with visualization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5tb2dVWJqc
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#3It’s amazing there were no casualties. The novelty of the report is the use of a rescue parachute by the Cirrus plane.
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#4Private Pilot here - just thought I'd chime in quickly;
Many aviation enthusiasts / pilots first go to is to have a look at the flight data - usually available on FlightAware / FlightRadar24 and a few other websites, plus LiveATC usually can provide recordings of the flights communications to towers as well. We should refrain from using just those data points to draw conclusions to the cause; the NTSB (and other orgs) will perform an investigation and the report will be made public (both interim, and final ones), and changes are almost always made to processes / systems, and often to the virtual or physical items that led to this incident.
There are a few more photos and insights from various folks that were there at the time and captured a few moments on the reddit thread here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/nauck8/mid_air_just...
Note - it's incredibly rare for a midair not to result in fatalities so an incredible amount of luck all around.
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#5No injuries reported. Kind of fascinating to read.
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#6Spoiler: No one died, so it has a happy ending
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#7Just in case anyone (like me) is thinking - wait did that aeroplane have a parachute?
From:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_Airframe_Parachute_Sy...
The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) is a whole-plane ballistic parachute recovery system designed specifically for Cirrus Aircraft's line of general aviation light aircraft including the SR20, SR22 and SF50. The design became the first of its kind to become certified with the FAA, achieving certification in October 1998, and as of 2014 was the only aircraft ballistic parachute used as standard equipment by an aviation company.
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#8Just in case anyone (like me) is thinking - wait did that aeroplane have a parachute? From: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_Airframe_Parachute_Sy... The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) is a whole-plane ballistic parachute recovery system designed specifically for Cirrus Aircraft's line of general aviation light aircraft including the SR20, SR22 and SF50. The design became the first of its kind to becom…
I was wondering whether there was a mix-up in the crew count, as one pilot with a parachute saves two people and a one-person crew lands the plane.
This mostly clears it up.
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#9I find it slightly incredible that two planes ever hit each other given the size of planes compared to the volume of space they fly in. I understand that it's simple probability (small planes, big volume, but lots of flights) but it's still amazing that it happens at all.
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#10I find it slightly incredible that two planes ever hit each other given the size of planes compared to the volume of space they fly in. I understand that it's simple probability (small planes, big volume, but lots of flights) but it's still amazing that it happens at all.
>I find it slightly incredible that two planes ever hit each other given the size of planes compared to the volume of space they fly in.
The space can be constrained though. There are "airways" (jet routes) for flights, and not that much of a volume/size ratio when the volume concerns areas near airports -- where many planes approach, exit, are asked to circle in a holding pattern, etc.
So it's not like the whole sky is their domain...