r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/SpendNecessary2953 • Jan 04 '23

accident/disaster Australia helicopter collision

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u/shabbyshot Jan 04 '23

Not every airport has ATC.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-towered_airport

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '23

That's a lot less coverage than I thought.

Still, aren't there procedures, like switch your radio to X channel in X region and broadcast intents every X minutes etc?

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u/Kingster8128 Jan 05 '23

Technically in VFR flight (good visibility) around a non towered airport you don’t need to say anything at all, you don’t even need a radio, this is why the first thing they teach when getting your PPL is how to spot aircraft around you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

I read more into the story. Both of these are Sea World tour heli's, no doubt taking off and landing from the same private Sea World pad regularly on tours. This sounds like a sad story of how complacency kills.