Declaring emergency landing?

[Kaktus]

So, i thought it shouldn't be too hard to do right? if you come in landing with some hydraulic issue, or missing flaps, or leaking fluids, or just running empty you declare emergency landing, ATC can ask you what is your emergency for better realism, you have option A,B,C,D etc, and then ATC prepares runway for your arrival, cancells other inbound planes, brings firefighting trucks in the middle of runway to cover your approach the fastest once you land and cover you with foam??)) 

[MAXsenna]

We're waiting for the new ATC. It will probably have "all" of those options or similar. Except for the fire trucks.
What's funny is that if one drill down into the files thy planned at some point to ask for straight in landing or overhead break. With a few other "missing" options. Not sure if emergency was there too. In any case, they were not implemented, while I'm sure they will be in the new ATC.
Cheers!

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[SharpeXB]

Cool idea but it would need improved ATC and animated ground crews. Landing damaged aircraft is my favorite activity in flight sims
I think there have been damaged A-10s brought in but in truth modern aircrews IRL would probably eject rather than attempt to land a badly damaged aircraft. Definitely a common thing in WWII though. 

Edited June 27 by SharpeXB

[MAXsenna]

8 hours ago, SharpeXB said:

Landing damaged aircraft is my favorite activity in flight sims

We have something in common! I will always try to limp home!  

[Northstar98]

Yes to declaring an emergency, but I'm not too fussed about there being firefighting trucks and what not.

But this would be absolutely dependent on broad and substantial ATC and AI improvements in the first place - such as:

• Actually making an attempt to manage and deconflict traffic, both in the air (for instance by instructing aircraft to orbit for spacing, but doing so in a way where traffic is deconflicted, rather than now where all AI aircraft trace out the same exact circle over the same point at the same altitude, but at different speeds, leading to mid-air collisions) and on the ground (by telling aircraft to hold short and by telling aircraft on the runway to expedite their departure/taxiing).
• Being able to vector aircraft appropriately rather than just providing bearing and range to a point along the extended runway centreline.
• Having the AI interact with and obey ATC instructions.
• By having the ATC support parallel runways.