Is it not possible to flush mount cameras on planes that not only help with this, but other flight investigations?
I’d imagine lots of tower coms, runway, approach, type things could be problem solved easier?
Might be silly of me to think this?
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If the FAA felt there was a reasonable need to have something like flush mount cameras installed they would be there.
The cost of adding anything on an airplane whether in addition to an existing aircraft or part of its original design is astronomical. To convert just the US fleet would be in the many billions of dollars. And its maintenance would also.
The question would be, at what gain?
Just me talking but can't see where that would change any level of safety we see today. We have enough already installed (Black boxes that are really orange) to give us what we need to determine what happened.
And so even if we had a litany of cameras installed to be able to see what ever it is they would want to keep an eye on it is very doubtful it would pick up something so small that far away from the aircraft going that fast.
Two different crews reporting the same thing means at least four pilots saw what they saw. Anything is possible. A jet pack at 3000 feet seems crazy just in what it would take to get up that high while safely returning. Maybe a parachute was involved. Maybe a drone to look like a rocketman. It seems to me someone would have seen this happen on the ground also. Jet packs I have seen are insanely loud. Airline crews just don't blurt that kind of stuff out on the frequency. And when we do its to warn other planes. Even the stray ballon from Disneyland.
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