Natca: Massive Power, Communications Failure at Major Air Traffic Control Center Puts Controllers in Dark, Flights in Jeopardy
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PALMDALE, Calif., July 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A massive power and communications failure late Tuesday at the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center left scrambling air traffic controllers to deal with a nightmare scenario -- how to keep dozens of flights away from each other above a large swath of the Southwestern United States despite the inability to see them, talk to them or relay crucial instructions for 15 excruciatingly long minutes.
Every ounce of skill, heart and determination that controllers bring into the control room every day was put to the test during one of the worst outages to ever hit the facility. It was so bad, controllers say, that the only thing they had of use to aid the situation that actually worked was their cell phones -- devices which the Federal Aviation Administration, inexplicably, has barred from control rooms, further impeding the safety of the system.See the full content of this document
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Natca: Massive Power, Communications Failure at Major Air Traffic Control Center Puts Controllers in Dark, Flights in Jeopardy
"We were completely dead in the water," said Bob Marks, Western Pacific regional vice presid...
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