2nd Near Deadly Miss, NYC Deadly Crash - All Unnecessary

WASHINGTON - April 10, 2026 - PRLog -- At LAX a Frontier plane full of passengers just nearly collided with two trucks in a near fatal accident eerily similar to an almost deadly near miss at John Wayne airport, and both followed an earlier deadly on-the-ground crash between a plane and a ground vehicle at LaGuardia Airport which killed 2 people and seriously injured more than 40.

But these three very recent incidents, as well as the deadly crash at DCA and many near misses earlier at other airports, could and should have been prevented by using AI programs to supplement and issue warnings to air traffic controllers, argues Professor John Banzhaf, a computer expert who has written extensively about transportation safety.

He says such deadly collisions, and the ever-growing number of potentially-deadly near misses, could have been prevented by using computers equipped with AI programs to monitor radio communications, as well as air and ground radar, and then provide air traffic controllers with instantaneous real-time alerts before there is a potential collision between aircraft and aircraft or between aircraft and ground vehicles.

Using AI to reduce actual airplane collisions, as well as the escalating number of potentially-fatal near misses (most of which, says the New York Times (https://687uqoeab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yDXZtaRO1NT8NM55...), are never reported), was never even fully evaluated, much less tested, while the FAA under the prior administration reportedly (https://687uqoeab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yDXZtaRO1NT8NM55...) spent some $80 billion promoting diversity rather than air traffic safety.

Fortunately, as noted below, the industry is moving ahead anyway.

Banzhaf notes that computers running AI programs can already do many things air traffic controllers can't possibly do, and do it in milliseconds, including:

■ monitoring the dozens of different relevant radio frequencies, including commercial, helicopter, small craft civilian, military, Homeland Security, ground vehicles, and radio transmissions from other nearby airports, as well as air and ground radar

■ calculate various flight paths, and trajectories of planes taking off or taxiing as well as ground vehicles, and thereby foresee possible crashes in fractions of a second

■ never become tired, flustered, distracted, or panicked, or distracted by concerns about a missed paycheck, and then alert an air traffic controller immediately in real times if there seems to be a problem such as a potential collision.

For more details, as well as links to what the industry is already doing, see:

Lives of 300+ Passengers at Risk in Preventable Near Miss at Boston AP (https://687uqoeab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yDXZtaRO1NT8NM55aLZXqN8zvsQ0WecrNXTONoKI3KCOQoxpfNXICmXeoinT5E-Pue0LVAq_rDcsVBFruDF4Wz6jBhufLclhv7FF5D_cHdeTuRPSh7rf05D4OlnF14xwmE_S1I_j3nJAgL5cAO9qXGbbkFtnHXaBgl5WoLOhA6D_OH7Z3A-DF6kRyQZiEJ8UIR-UwTQBtnaTaHbKQrOR93fMCIwqHBFQ8l2pYSEUqPdCNSo_5YNaqyvL17AISxq2wjLEKSUnRGvePmcYQgKCcUwKtD-_ICRwlLDwhMsVmiuYxhcuBdP48Skf5frPnvw-GxdplAqPcD4NdojqdWY83HUr3LYBpdhHOT8fnWsXslhXym1sEhl19w==&c=dAqKekyddOadKJdvJGtecRxPhCwUhsBPIl-M6EwGBfZcqf6e5EkQ2A==&ch=64TrPBCUr5xrIOnC-pYLoJNRc2cQZZtrUM8WxnFNUcaGj-mfmQsDaQ)

AI Can Help Prevent Inevitable Catastrophe at Little Cost NOW - Experts (https://687uqoeab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yDXZtaRO1NT8NM55aLZXqN8zvsQ0WecrNXTONoKI3KCOQoxpfNXICmXeoinT5E-Pue0LVAq_rDcsVBFruDF4Wz6jBhufLclhv7FF5D_cHdeTuRPSh7rf05D4OlnF14xwmE_S1I_j3nJAgL5cAO9qXGbbkFtnHXaBgl5WoLOhA6D_OH7Z3A-DF6kRyQZiEJ8UIR-UwTQBtnaTaHbKQrOR93fMCIwqHBFQ8l2pYSEUqPdCNSo_5YNaqyvL17AISxq2wjLEKSUnRGvePmcYQgKCcUwKtD-_ICRwlLDwhMsVmiuYxhcuBdP48Skf5frPnvw-GxdplAqPcD4NdojqdWY83HUr3LYBpdhHOT8fnWsXsliV7Da7wgbbag==&c=dAqKekyddOadKJdvJGtecRxPhCwUhsBPIl-M6EwGBfZcqf6e5EkQ2A==&ch=64TrPBCUr5xrIOnC-pYLoJNRc2cQZZtrUM8WxnFNUcaGj-mfmQsDaQ)

JOHN F. BANZHAF III, B.S.E.E., J.D., Sc.D.

Professor,George Washington University

FAMRI Dr. William Cahan Distinguished Professor

Fellow, World Technology Network

Creator of the "Banzhaf Index"

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