(January 26, 2020 at 11:18 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: I don't understand why this type of accident still happens. GPS can give you a 3-D representation of where you are superimposed over a 3-D topographical map. An aircraft like an S-76 is worth > $10 million U.S. The cost of such a system is absolutely trivial compared to the cost of the aircraft - to say nothing of human operators and cargo.
Shit is going to happen outside of our ability to control but controlled flight into terrain should no longer be happening. GPS should have eliminated this type of accident more than a decade ago.
Groundhog.....
GPS tells you WHERE you are - but not your attitude in relation to the planet.
Your coordinates read the same inverted.