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World's first remote air traffic control tower to open in Sweden
In a world first, air traffic controllers armed with a suite of high-tech video and sensor equipment have been authorized to direct flights over 100 km (61 mi) away at an airport in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The technology, developed by Saab, offers alternatives to consolidate smaller airfields with smaller budgets under one control, and provides options for training, crisis situations, and tower maintenance or refurbishing. (www.gizmag.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Believe it or not folks, controllers and voice communications slow the ATC system down the most. Soon to be replaced with automation. Even safer.
This has been used in norhern Norway for some time alredy...
As a professional photographer said to me years ago about digital photography -
"It'll never catch on".
"It'll never catch on".
Scarry... if a camera jams / weather not allowing clear view. .. can't imagine what all could go wrong..!!!
FAA has had "portable" towers for at least 40 yrs...This is nothing new.
The portable towers you refer to are actually staffed with humans using their eyes to work traffic.