Saturday, August 15, 2015
USA: blackout aviation due to damage
Long delays to flights recorded for hours at airports in the Northeast US coast after a fault in the information system of air traffic control, according to the authorities.
Delays continue to be recorded in hundreds of flights, several hours after the damage, according to the website Flightaware.
The Civil Aviation Authority (FAA) «diagnosed an auto management problem in a control center air traffic Lismpourgk Virginia (east)," says a press release by the FAA.
This center is responsible for managing a large part of the air traffic in the US northeast between New York and Washington north south.
The FAA just announced that some flights may be delayed to take off or land and gave no explanation of the causes of damage. However, a responsible, under anonymity, said the damage is due neither an accident nor a hacker attack.
"Due to a breakdown in the information system in DC Center, arrivals and departures at airports BWI (Baltimore), Reagan and Dulles (Washington) have been minimized," informed by a message on the social networking site Twitter managers BWI airport.
"There is a problem with the air traffic control and all flights in our company's east coast have been affected" also announced American Airlines, attempting, like other airlines in the region, to reassure passengers who do not hide their dissatisfaction them.
According to the website of the US civil aviation authority JFK Airport is operating normally, but at the international airport in Washington IAD recorded two hours duration delays at 21:45 GMT.
USA: blackout aviation due to damage
Long delays to flights recorded for hours at airports in the Northeast US coast after a fault in the information system of air traffic control, according to the authorities.
Delays continue to be recorded in hundreds of flights, several hours after the damage, according to the website Flightaware.
The Civil Aviation Authority (FAA) «diagnosed an auto management problem in a control center air traffic Lismpourgk Virginia (east)," says a press release by the FAA.
This center is responsible for managing a large part of the air traffic in the US northeast between New York and Washington north south.
The FAA just announced that some flights may be delayed to take off or land and gave no explanation of the causes of damage. However, a responsible, under anonymity, said the damage is due neither an accident nor a hacker attack.
"Due to a breakdown in the information system in DC Center, arrivals and departures at airports BWI (Baltimore), Reagan and Dulles (Washington) have been minimized," informed by a message on the social networking site Twitter managers BWI airport.
"There is a problem with the air traffic control and all flights in our company's east coast have been affected" also announced American Airlines, attempting, like other airlines in the region, to reassure passengers who do not hide their dissatisfaction them.
According to the website of the US civil aviation authority JFK Airport is operating normally, but at the international airport in Washington IAD recorded two hours duration delays at 21:45 GMT.