Devils Advocate:-
""saving the day (uhm) had nothing what ever to do with TCAS ?! ( "Err, what's TCAS ?" I can hear the journos say ) ""
TCAS is the thingy that tells you you have seconds to live.....
from thread
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...threadid=58312
""One of our 737s returning from bjv was in the vicinity at the time.
The capt has told me that he heard an american voice suddenly
calling TCAS DOWN,and looking to their right,saw the fireball
at around 36,000 feet,lighting up the sky all around.
Presumably this was the 757 calling.
Both crew a little shaken to have seen it.""
Now, would it not be better if you DIDN'T have to RELY on a system like that?