— -- Question: Hi captain, is it compulsory to have the TCAS (Traffic Collision and Avoidance System) working within the USA and Europe? Can you explain how it works? — submitted by reader ...

A midair collision between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet approaching Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport has sparked urgent concerns about air-traffic ...

TCAS II uses radio signals to create a 3D map of surrounding aircraft, enabling it to detect and react to potential collisions. TCAS II's key feature is its Resolution Advisory (RA), which instructs ...

Airbus has radically modified the interface that pilots use to react to resolution advisories from the aircraft's on-board traffic alert and collision avoidance system. Reaction to a resolution ...

The FAA in August 2013 will flight test a prototype of its next generation traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) on a Convair 580. Called the airborne collision avoidance system X (ACAS ...

Authorities believe everyone on board a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter that collided in mid-air before crashing into a river in Washington DC on Wednesday have been killed. An American ...

FAA in August 2013 will flight test a prototype of its next generation traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) on a Convair 580. Called the airborne collision avoidance system X (ACAS X), ...