Dublin closed due to 'radar breakdown'
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Dublin closed due to 'radar breakdown'
Just read this on AP:
"The Irish Aviation Authority says air traffic controllers have closed down the runways at Dublin Airport after suffering chronic breakdowns on their radar screens.
Authority spokeswoman Lilian Cassin says the airport was shut down shortly before 2 p.m. (1300GMT) Wednesday because air traffic controllers could not see the codes used to label individual incoming aircraft.
The decision has forced dozens of flights to be grounded at other airports or diverted to other Irish airports. "
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"The Irish Aviation Authority says air traffic controllers have closed down the runways at Dublin Airport after suffering chronic breakdowns on their radar screens.
Authority spokeswoman Lilian Cassin says the airport was shut down shortly before 2 p.m. (1300GMT) Wednesday because air traffic controllers could not see the codes used to label individual incoming aircraft.
The decision has forced dozens of flights to be grounded at other airports or diverted to other Irish airports. "
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This problem has been on-going for the last few months.
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6 June 2008: Dublin Airport has been experiencing some flight delays today arising from a malfunction with the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) radar system which occurred late yesterday evening. Following the intervention of IAA engineers the radar system was restored in less than I hour.
Even though the system is now operating normally some minor traffic restrictions have been implemented on arriving traffic as a safety precaution pending the identification of the cause of the problem and further testing.
These precautionary restrictions will be removed as soon possible.
The Authority regrets the inconvenience to the travelling public.
ENDS"
It reoccurred last week and traffic was capped at 11 arrivals per sector now i hear it's down to just 7 per sector.
I wonder who signed off on this after it happened the first time.
Considering the Boss wanted to rush back to normal service so as not to upset the Customers too much considering he had no report on what the problem was and how it would be fixed.
Remember it's SAFETY first not last.
Serious egg on the face of Thales and HP i would imagine.
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6 June 2008: Dublin Airport has been experiencing some flight delays today arising from a malfunction with the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) radar system which occurred late yesterday evening. Following the intervention of IAA engineers the radar system was restored in less than I hour.
Even though the system is now operating normally some minor traffic restrictions have been implemented on arriving traffic as a safety precaution pending the identification of the cause of the problem and further testing.
These precautionary restrictions will be removed as soon possible.
The Authority regrets the inconvenience to the travelling public.
ENDS"
It reoccurred last week and traffic was capped at 11 arrivals per sector now i hear it's down to just 7 per sector.
I wonder who signed off on this after it happened the first time.
Considering the Boss wanted to rush back to normal service so as not to upset the Customers too much considering he had no report on what the problem was and how it would be fixed.
Remember it's SAFETY first not last.
Serious egg on the face of Thales and HP i would imagine.
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cringing here listing to EIDW ATC.........
"You're number 7, you're expecting 1719 until you're airborne"... it's 1609 now.
Those delays are nasty, pity anyone out on the tarmac! (Imagine if you were trying to fly to Cork, Galway, etc... you'd have wished you had just taken the car!
"You're number 7, you're expecting 1719 until you're airborne"... it's 1609 now.
Those delays are nasty, pity anyone out on the tarmac! (Imagine if you were trying to fly to Cork, Galway, etc... you'd have wished you had just taken the car!
