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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Yes, ships often have radar and the larger ones are all equipped with AIS, which is like a transponder for ships that transmits and receives position and other basic information. They can have more advanced monitoring systems depending on the ship and carrier. This seems like another gross negligence accident that shouldn’t have happened.
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In our little Cessna 182T we have ADS-B that in usually the display on the right panel.
It shows us every aircraft in class B airspace. Even airlines flying at 40,000 feet above us. If anything gets within a mile, the ADS-B starts a verbal warning. Of course we were watching it anyway.
It is just astonishing that the US Navy with a mega million dollar helicopter and an airline can collide, or that a huge ocean going vessel can run into a anchored ship. I honstly don't understand how they don't have systems far superior to our little Cessna to avoid collisions.