Originally Posted by
Always a Sapper
While on the subject of Barriers I seem to remember that around the mid 90's they started a nasty habit of popping up of their own accord without any input from the local controller.
We certainly had to disable the remote for the barrier at RAF Leuchars to prevent any chance of it doing it's own thing.
Was the true cause ever found?
Unlikely for the barrier, but the RHAG cable, if using bowsprings rather than grommets, was raised by er 'bowsprings' which were normally stretched so the cable was flat. If the power to stretch them was lost, they would spring into their 'normal' configuration and raise the cable.