AC runway videos.
On Rumurs there is a topic about B747 departing the runway during RTO. There is a u-tube link to an ATC video of an Iberia B747 aborting safely. The ATC guys think "cool, we have it on camera." So it was an amateur moment.
The number of incidents/accidents on departure & arrival are large. ATC radio, radar & RVR's are archived. In investigations much reliance is on FDR/CVR. There has been talk of cockpit cameras to aid investigation. There are many hurdles to that and the debate is on-going. However, cheap & easy and with few hurdles would be ATC filming of every arrival & departure on an e.g. 2hr loop. It would only be preserved if there was an anticipated investigation. Does any airport do this? Is there an XAA in the world that require it? If not, why not? There is CCTV all over the countries; there is NPR coverage: all that in the name of crime investigation and anti terrorism which covers 99.9% of anything. Why not a video of the most dangerous part of aviation and the area where there are the most instances to investigate.
Often, the investigators are lucky and some plane-spotter has a phone video. Why not the airport authority as well?
Just curious.