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FAA investigating after plane emergency ignored by ATC
Controllers at Denver fail to properly recognize United 5912 when it declared an emergency with smoke filling cabin. (www.9news.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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And the controllers may get some flack, but it's hard to second guess them, either.
The controller should have sent the trucks out even if he thought it was a prank or not. He should have also look on his cards or system to see how many United planes he had ending with 12
I agree with you ATC should've looked for flight numbers ending in 12, but as for sending the trucks anyway, remember DIA is huge, where do you send the trucks? They were looking for a flight that didn't exist
Not familliar with "DIA" but I would think you'd send the trucks to the active runway.
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Understand DIA error. Just going with the flow. Unfamiliar with DEN. Haven't flown in since it was built anew. Controllers reactions make no sense. He has a clear view of the runways as well as ground radar and should have seen the aircraft STOPPED on the runway, deploy the E. chutes and begin off loading. Something seems amis with the report.
No "E chutes" on an Embraer 145. Still, this incident was a comedy of errors.
Missed the aircraft type. My point is that the controller should have seen the passengers being discharged on the runway unless RVR would not allow it. But certainly ground radar or lack of a target if the transponder wasn't changed should have keyed some response.
A comedy of errors sums it up. Even the article was poorly written. Mistakes on all sides. Don't miss the teaching moment.
A comedy of errors sums it up. Even the article was poorly written. Mistakes on all sides. Don't miss the teaching moment.
My sense is that the FAA will make some recommendations, but take no punitive action. You can't second guess a pilot when he's standing on the ground, leaning up against his intact aircraft, after meeting an emergency and taking care of business.