F-16's Come Close To ASA

ok so the problem here is....?

oh thats right, the system worked correctly, the pilots obeyed the RA, and no one bent planes or killed people?

i fail to see how this is news.

...up at 10, stoplight turns red, cars stop & narrowly miss DOOOOOOM!
 
It's entirely possible that the RA was generated despite the CRJ being level at FL300 and the F16s never getting hirer than FL290, still inside the MOA. The TCAS software is based on closure rates so if the Vipers were climbing at a very high rate the system may have interpreted it as that they wouldn't level off before endangering the traffic at FL300.

And then again, it's possible they blew out the top of the MOA and really did almost hit the RJ.
 
I was thinking the same thing, but the article does say they were FL300. Article could be wrong, of course.


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BobDDuck said:
It's entirely possible that the RA was generated despite the CRJ being level at FL300 and the F16s never getting hirer than FL290, still inside the MOA. The TCAS software is based on closure rates so if the Vipers were climbing at a very high rate the system may have interpreted it as that they wouldn't level off before endangering the traffic at FL300.

And then again, it's possible they blew out the top of the MOA and really did almost hit the RJ.
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My thoughts exactly. And vipers do have a very fast climb rate indeed.
 
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