The crash late Wednesday of American Eagle Flight 5342 near Reagan National Airport has brought fresh attention to a technology known as a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, or TCAS ...

An investigation is under way to identify the causes of the crash, but experts are already trying to pinpoint what happened with the American Airlines flight's TCAS system. Here's what we know about ...

What 'rush hour' looks like in New York on the TCAS system. (Alamy) ...

An important protection against a midair crash is technology known as a traffic collision avoidance system, or TCAS. The system, which is required on passenger airlines, alerts pilots when two ...

An investigation is underway to identify the causes of the crash, but experts are already trying to pinpoint what happened with the American Airlines flight's TCAS system. Here's what we know ...

TCAS alerts pilots about a possible collision and issues a resolution advisory. (Photo: Pexels) Mid-air collisions of aircraft should have been a thing of the past with the technology that exists ...

In this episode I will give you a brief explanation about TCAS. I will talk about how the system works and how the pilots are trained to respond to it to avoid mid-air collisions. Clueless John ...

The role of TCAS—or Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems—is likely to be a key question for investigators as they try to determine the accident’s cause.

Despite these safeguards, the two aircraft still collided. One of the biggest questions arising from the crash is whether TCAS, a system designed to prevent midair collisions such as this one ...