I had that happen in a 747 once. Your stomach just flips. Not something you expect on such large plane. The pilot said it was a “tea cast” maneuver to avoid a head on collision. He said the other plane was a half a mile ahead, which seemed like a long ways until I realized both planes were probably doing 600mph or something like that.
It’s TCAS. The Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System is an airborne system that helps pilots avoid mid-air collisions. It works independently of ground-based equipment by monitoring nearby aircraft with transponders and issuing advisories to pilots.
It basically negotiates between two planes and gives them opposing directions automatically so the pilots don’t “avoid” each other by going the same direction.
I had that happen in a 747 once. Your stomach just flips. Not something you expect on such large plane. The pilot said it was a “tea cast” maneuver to avoid a head on collision. He said the other plane was a half a mile ahead, which seemed like a long ways until I realized both planes were probably doing 600mph or something like that.
It’s TCAS. The Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System is an airborne system that helps pilots avoid mid-air collisions. It works independently of ground-based equipment by monitoring nearby aircraft with transponders and issuing advisories to pilots.
It basically negotiates between two planes and gives them opposing directions automatically so the pilots don’t “avoid” each other by going the same direction.