[iwar] Sydney airport blackout
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It's still 2 months to go until the Olympics, but ...
Airport blackout crisis
By Robert Wainwright, Transport Writer
"Sydney Airport faced a frightening test of its emergency procedures
last night when the main air traffic terminal control centre lost
power, and with it radio and radar contact with 20 planes in the air
above the city for up to 15 minutes.
The blackout occurred during a peak traffic period. More than 1,000
people on domestic and international flights were forced to circle
Sydney, their pilots unable to communicate with the air traffic
controllers who co-ordinate traffic movement between five and 45
nautical miles out from the airport. ..."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0007/07/pageone/pageone01.html
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