NZ Air Traffic Control breakdown

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Air Traffic Control Breakdown

06:31AM Thu Dec 23 1999 NZDT The cause of a breakdown of the country's air traffic control system is expected to be known in the next few days.

Network controller Airways Corporation says a team of engineers and technicians is investigating the entire system to pinpoint the problem.

Planes across the country were delayed yesterday when the system shut down.

Airways isn't anticipating a repeat of the incident, but says it will beef up safety measures as a precaution.

Preliminary results of the investigation are expected today.

-- matt (matt@somewhere.nz), December 23, 1999

Answers

Planes delayed up to an hour by radar problem

All aircraft were grounded and air traffic
controllers had to rely on a back-up system
for about an hour yesterday afternoon while
the problem was identified.

. . .

Ms Hayden said the problem was not linked
to Y2K testing, which had been completed.
"We are not certain what caused the glitch
and are investigating the problem at the
moment," she said.



-- spider (spider0@usa.net), December 23, 1999.


INITIAL FINDINGS IN AVIATION GLITCH

The Airways Corporation says a partial failure of its computer network on Wednesday was caused by communication problems between its main system and the back-up.

The corporation has released its initial findings into the incident, which caused nationwide flight delays of up to an hour.

Spokesman, Andrew Griffith says the fault resulted in the loss of computer communication between airports around the country, but the public was never at risk.

He says the system has now been reset, and additional check procedures have been introduced to prevent a reoccurrence of the problem.

The investigation continues and there will also be an independent audit of the system. RELATED STORIES > Mystery glitch blinds air control (National News) > Probe into air traffic failure (National News) Published Thursday, December 23, 1999

-- Roland (nottelling@nowhere.com), December 23, 1999.


Airways Releases Initial Investigation Findings

A corporation spokesperson, Andrew Griffith, said
the partial failure was caused by communication
problems between the main system and the back-up.

He said the fault resulted in the loss of computer
communication between airports around the country,
but the public was never at risk.

. . .

He said technicians were certain the glitch
had nothing to do with the Y2K bug.

Newsroom

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), December 23, 1999.


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