Sydney Airport tower fire
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Sydney Airport tower fire
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-...erted/10952890
Emergency services were called around 11.40am to the air traffic control centre.
Fire and Rescue NSW said 20 people needed to be evacuated from the building.
Emergency services were called around 11.40am to the air traffic control centre.
Fire and Rescue NSW said 20 people needed to be evacuated from the building.
SY Radio 2GB now reporting nil fire located, arrivals are 'being processed', although at a 'slower rate', departures still delayed as yet.....
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Where’d they get all flights diverted from?
ATC told one Jetstar plane he was only looking at a 10 minute delay.
Herc was doing laps overhead but has now gone now gone back to Richmond.
ATC told one Jetstar plane he was only looking at a 10 minute delay.
Herc was doing laps overhead but has now gone now gone back to Richmond.
I don't work at Sydney so can't say for sure, but typically the towers antennae is on top of the tower or very near by. They may have a repeater in the Blue Mountains, or that may be the TCU site.
Last edited by Awol57; 29th Mar 2019 at 10:59. Reason: clarification
Departures Radar 135.1 is the nominated "Control" frequency during a contingency, unfortunately they couldn't get two-way comms with the aircraft on the ground at Sydney. Not sure where the 135.1 transmitter / receiver is located, probably the other Sydney Tower, so was it a coverage issue, equipment issue, a new VCS issue or an operator error?
Nah, the English never went into computers because they couldn't figure out how to make them leak oil.
(Spent my formative years troubleshooting Lucas “prince of darkness” headlamps,ignition,horn,gauges. And apologising to the parents for the oil slick on the driveway.)
(Spent my formative years troubleshooting Lucas “prince of darkness” headlamps,ignition,horn,gauges. And apologising to the parents for the oil slick on the driveway.)
Surely Paul Everingham can't be correct when the says there's No Plan B for airport
"It won't do Australia's image much good. Sydney Airport, our top gateway, has no emergency control tower facility ("Flights delayed at Sydney Airport after smoke detected in control tower", March 29). The epitome of laid-back perhaps?" - Paul Everingham, Hamilton.
SMH 30/3/2019
"It won't do Australia's image much good. Sydney Airport, our top gateway, has no emergency control tower facility ("Flights delayed at Sydney Airport after smoke detected in control tower", March 29). The epitome of laid-back perhaps?" - Paul Everingham, Hamilton.
SMH 30/3/2019
It’s happened at LHR too - as recently as last year. They didn’t appear to have any ‘backup’ aerdrome control facility either - I daresay that it’d be fairly impractical to have any form of replacement tower unless Airservices rolls out the remote tower concept as a backup capability.