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ATC radar breakdown at DEL - "causes chaos"
I'm kind of glad I didnt fly anywhere at all today. Flights across the country got delayed thanks to this, I guess ..
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-n...-kaput/248294/ ... the ATC radar stopped functioning at 3.15 pm on Saturday. ... While Air Traffic Control officials said they switched to the stand-by ATC instantly and caused a delay of only 15 minutes, airlines claim that the disruption created a backlog of flights for the entire evening. Airline officials from Spicejet and Jet Airlines said the disruption lasted for over 45 minutes, and threw schedules off gear. ... The ATC had to instruct all flights in air to increase the distance from each aircraft by about 30 metres, the official said. Usually, flights maintain a distance of 10 or 15 metres, he added. ... |
DEL...the LHR of India? :rolleyes:
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"Flights maintain a distance of 10 to 15 metres"??
That's 35-50 feet. Traffic must be heavier in DEL than I realized! (Yes, I know they meant km.) |
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