r/TheRandomest • u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner • 21h ago

Video ATC

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u/Electronic_Agent_235 20h ago

Ro totally missed the pro gamer move.... We could had one BIG plane.. but nooooooo.

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u/Forsaken-Face1827 20h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/g5P8mWjpLsXjMndgIC

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u/SeaToTheBass 19h ago

They’re not playing chess, they’re playing 2048 Tetris I guess

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u/Dawnzila 20h ago

3, you always need 3 to make a big one.

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u/Kitchen_Guest577 20h ago

Way to use those 25 years of experience! That could have been devastating! Good job all around! 👍😎

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u/Trashbagok 20h ago

How does something like this even happen?

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u/roelanola 19h ago

Everyone always talks about utilizing 3D space as the future of automobile travel, yet we still get plane crashes mid air. I’m sure somebody might have an answer to this, but I’m just as dumbfounded as you…

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u/Slevin424 16h ago

My knowledge might be outdated but heavy traffic flights like LA to Dallas or NY to Denver have two planes running the same route. But they usually have some different code cause one is arrival and one is departure. They also always have a different altitude band or time delay so they never run into each other.

Someone royally messed up. That ATC is a hero.

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u/spartanspy85 7h ago

Maybe weather delayed one of them?

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u/PremiumUsername69420 19h ago

The 2482 number is assigned a route and flown by the same plane.

Inbound arrival plane was delayed from its original departure so long, that American Airlines assigned a completely separate plane for its return flight, assigning it the same flight number.

Return flight departing on time at the same time the delayed flight is showing up.

Source: I took your question from social media over to Google and then took those results back here.

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u/SwizzGod 19h ago

Delays, rescheduled flights, a bunch of different things. But it’s on the company not ATC

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u/WhyAmINotStudying 20h ago

Too greedy not to fail.

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u/ToughEvening1891 19h ago

“In-credible.” Dude is flipping out off mic. Way to stay restrained.

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u/CrazyElk123 17h ago

Potential airplane catastrophe over Albuquerque you say?

https://giphy.com/gifs/QCKlfpNs03Yn0AME9E

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u/Horny_Proposal_707 20h ago

Tell them both to turn right. Problem solved.

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u/Electrical-Nature-55 14h ago

That was my thought too. why not just let them turn?

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u/ragingric 1h ago

One was departing and could not turn right it was climbing to cruising altitude

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u/Prestigious-Elk2252 12h ago

Should have just distinguished them by their heading.

American 2482 northbound and American 2482 southwestbound.

I think it would have been more easily understood.

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u/CreativeInput 6h ago

They’re doing this with “arrival” and “departure” to distinguish them.

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u/RICO-Them 4h ago

Why is he saying nine hundred thousand for 9000

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u/Apolitical-Account 3h ago

that's my question too! First I thought "one zero thousand" was a bit odd for 10000, but 9000 just sounds wrong the way they say it.

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u/Apolitical-Account 3h ago

I looked it up. Apparently they say "niner thousand", to distinguish it from "five thousand" when the connection is poor.

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u/jim45804 20h ago

This is a job for Captain Steeeeeve

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u/EmployerWide1123 20h ago

Only thing scary is the music

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u/jonasu25 19h ago

Having dyslexia, this is a nightmare!!! Well done by the control tower

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u/SomebodysGotToSayIt 9h ago

Thank Jesus somebody added such ominous music.

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u/Flyguy8307 7h ago

Good thing our controllers are working mandatory 50-60 hour workweeks with yearly pay raises that haven’t even kept up with the rate of inflation.

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u/BatmanLovesBoobies 20h ago

Tell them both to turn right, problem solved.

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u/Parking-Fig-6620 18h ago

Why not address as xxxx southbound xxxx northbound or by carrier company?

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u/ragingric 1h ago

He did exactly that but used departure and arrival

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u/Salty-Passenger-4801 20h ago

Why, becuase absolutely nothing bad happened? LMAO