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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 23, 2015 15:43:08 GMT 12
from The New Zealand Herald....All NZ flights grounded3:25PM - Tuesday, June 23, 2015 ALL commercial flights have been grounded across the country due to a radar fault.
Radio New Zealand have reported that the nationwide fault means flights currently up in the air can land but no planes are allowed to take off.
An Auckland Airport spokesman told The New Zealand Herald that all flights in the air could land, but departures were halted until the fault was resolved.
“We were informed by Airways New Zealand of a radar fault which is affecting all flights nationally,” he said.
“There is no resolution at this stage.”
“All flights across the country are able to land but they are holding all departures until the fault is resolved.”
A similar fault has occurred in previous years, he said.www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11469866
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Post by raymond on Jun 23, 2015 17:04:33 GMT 12
I would have thought that after the earthquakes in CHCH Airways would have set up an alternative facility that could have "taken over" should CHCH become inoperative. Nothing like having all of your eggs in one basket!
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Post by lindstrim on Jun 23, 2015 17:14:10 GMT 12
By the sounds of it even a different center would have been effected, as they say it was an internal network error.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 23, 2015 19:36:36 GMT 12
Did they try turning on off and on again?
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Post by hardyakka on Jun 23, 2015 21:57:58 GMT 12
I don't think it is merely a coincidence that the Airways system went down at almost the same time as the "Cat stows away in ultra-light aircraft wing" video was released. My guess is that all Airways staff started watching that video simultaneously and overloaded the network. Boom! No radar screens...
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Post by noooby on Jun 24, 2015 9:53:00 GMT 12
Not allowed to look out the window anymore for traffic separation huh?
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Post by slackie on Jun 24, 2015 12:02:44 GMT 12
Sure was an interesting afternoon at work! You could be onto something there, Evan! And noooby, visual separation works a treat when you are in visual range.. but it's a little difficult once you get outside of the vicinity of a tower.... just ask Great Barrier Airlines and Island Air... they were uneffected as they just carried on VFR. For once the shoe was on the other foot as both of their Islanders taxied past 2 ATRs at Auckland and departed on time!
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Post by area51 on Jun 30, 2015 6:52:03 GMT 12
The guys on the Barrier run sure sounded pleased with themselves as they launched out of Auckland unhindered by IFR traffic! I thought the damage control was very well managed and yes - a few flights to the provinces by Air NZ Link were cancelled which was indeed unfortunate but necessary to preserve the next day's schedule - overall the pieces were picked up very quickly.
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Post by The Red Baron on Jun 30, 2015 11:24:27 GMT 12
Why can't they fly along the railway lines and read the names on the stations?,used to work in the old days.
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Post by delticman on Jun 30, 2015 11:31:45 GMT 12
With all the little stations gone, it's too hard to read the Track Warrant Boards.
Mind you, following the national grid still works. I still note aircraft east of Wanganui following the lines, to the south of Wanganui-Fordell-Marton- Bunnythorpe keeps them out of Ohakea Zone.
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Post by gtw on Jun 30, 2015 13:08:13 GMT 12
Shell road maps where the go in West Australia.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 30, 2015 20:35:55 GMT 12
Why can't they fly along the railway lines and read the names on the stations?,used to work in the old days. I can remember flying from Napier to Rotorua with the late Dick Beattie back in 1975 and he used a Shell Road Atlas and followed SH5. Absolutely true....that's how he used to get around. We were in Cessna 185 Ag-Carryall ZK-DPH. It was a boozy weekend away in Rotorua. |
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