Which organization is responsible for activating the Secondary Crash Net (SCN)?

• A. Tower
• B. Control Center
• C. AMOPS
• D. Operations Directorate

Answer: (C)

Activating the Secondary Crash Net is about ensuring uninterrupted emergency communications during aircraft mishap responses. The authority to switch to and manage backup communications rests with the organization responsible for air mobility operations and crisis communications coordination. That role is AMOPS. They maintain the crash-net procedures, coordinate with on-scene and support units, and can immediately activate the secondary net so responders stay in contact if the primary network goes down. The other groups—on-site Tower, the base Control Center, and the higher-level Operations Directorate—perform their respective duties, but they do not have the formal authority to initiate the backup communications net.