Transport secretary to quiz air traffic control boss over disruption (BBC)

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9jn1ydx9lo

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ffic-control-glitch-gatwick-birmingham-london
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cewd49znze4t
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/transpo...ded-as-uk-air-traffic-control-fails-dbzt3hlsq(Subscription or registration may be required)

https://www.independent.co.uk/trave...throw-airport-flights-cancelled-b2799331.html

 

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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/air-control-boss-hauled-grilling-091217505.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...trol-failure-airport-disruption-cancellation/

 

[DWG]

My only concern with this would be the 20 minutes to switch to the back-up system, though it might be a slow switch is the safest way to do it if you have time. A system that never has failures is just not going to happen and system downtime of an hour of degraded function one time in a couple of years doesn't seem unreasonable.

If Ryanair's running so tight they can't pick up passengers from a delayed flight for three days, and is too cheap to book them alternative flights, then it's in their interests to stage a song-and-dance for the media claiming it's unacceptable.