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Question North Sea query: will splash impact trigger ADS "Park mode"?
Hello!

I'm currently in transfer-training as an ATC working an offshore sector @ North Sea.

At the moment we do not accept "PARKED"-signals via ADS from helicopters on deck to indicate a safe landing, because we fear that a ditch in the sea will trigger the "PARKED"-ADS-signal being transferred unintentionally because the "weight on wheels" that can occur during a ditch.

Does anyone have any information on this? Has the system been designed as not to send the PARKED signal in case of a landing on water?

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