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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]
hmmmmm, i hope this techno driven world will not have lessons learned at the the expense of lives, which is usually the case
What next...There will be a "APP for that?" Controllers work from home on I-Phones.
or better yet, email...keeps down the bandwidth demand. Don't worry about it being store-and-forward with best effort for delivery.
As a professional photographer said to me years ago about digital photography -
"It'll never catch on".
"It'll never catch on".
What could go wrong???
I can't see this replacing towers at big airports. but in the right places this could have some significant cost savings. Look at all the contract airports out there that only have a Tower for a few flights a day... The only down side is probably IFR when problem happens with this "camera array". Also, I can see the safety in the Augmented reality possibility of a system like this. Can you imaging the final controller being able to look out the "window" and see tags/radar info of all the aircraft in a line? Or even a ground controller doing the same thing.
Closed tower at night? Have one or two "remote" guys "man" the tower for a bunch of towers where there isn't enough traffic to justify having a tower at all.
Also, even on the flip side. How about having an issue at the tower which requires evacuation? Just flip the switch and a remote side can take over traffic duties, while the issue is being taken care of.
Closed tower at night? Have one or two "remote" guys "man" the tower for a bunch of towers where there isn't enough traffic to justify having a tower at all.
Also, even on the flip side. How about having an issue at the tower which requires evacuation? Just flip the switch and a remote side can take over traffic duties, while the issue is being taken care of.