Originally Posted by
rsuggitt
IIRC, both Farnborough North LARS and London Information were unavailable on the day concerned (the Farnborough North LARS still is unavailable as of today).
I think you might find that the non-availablity of both those agencies occurred after 1700Z.
In any case, neither agency could have provided anything more than a Basic Service. The accident occurred outside the area of responsibility of Farnborough North and London Info cannot give a Traffic Service at any time.
It must be said that the gap in the LARS coverage in the south Midlands seems to get ever larger.
Having checked the NOTAMs for my flights tomorrow I note that it's got larger still because the recently introduced service offered by EMA is not available due to staff shortages! Cranfield airfield is closed due to staff shortages... similarly, Coventry now has no radar service (or any other) either!