I run my own telecomms business, dealing with large, mission-critical systems, and can't quite grasp how some kind of disaster-recovery redundancy has not kicked in. Something utterly catastrophic must have happened. But then, plans for such an event would normally be in place.
Meanwhile, I notice a few departures from Manchester heading off to Newcastle, then turning right, possibly just to get away. Emirates being one example.
Does anyone know if this is a problem with their PABX (telephone system) or with some bespoke intercom system? The devices at the workstations seen on the BBC reports appear to be for an Ericsson MD110 PABX.
Last edited by Midland 331; 7th Dec 2013 at 12:17.