Improved conflict detection for reducing operational errors in air traffic control

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA 4th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Forum, ATIO

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 560-577

  Paielli, Russell A ^a,b   Erzberger, Heinz ^a,c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AFC 210 10   (United States)

^c Air Traffic Management   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS; HOST COMPUTER SYSTEMS (HCS); INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR); TACTIAL SEPARATION ASSISTED FLIGHT ENVIRONMENT (TSAFE);

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 19644370812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-6392     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

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2. Air Traffic Quality Assurance FAA Order 7210.56, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC.
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8. Introduction to TCAS II Version 7. Federal Aviation Administration, Nov 2000.
9. Lindsay, K.S.: "Currency of Flight Intent Information and Impact on Trajectory Accuracy," presented at FAA/Eurocontrol Technical Interchange Meeting on Shared Flight Intent Information and Aircraft Intent Data, Atlantic City, NJ, Oct 2000.
10. Erzberger, H.: "Transforming the NAS: The Next Generation Air Traffic Control System," NASA/TP 2004-212828, in press.
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