Flight control system down
What caused the ATC failure?
The service says the chaos was caused by a single flight plan that wasn't properly processed by part of its system, causing it to shut down automatically within a matter of seconds.Sep 6, 2023.
Why did the air traffic control go down?
But data in the flight plan triggered the shutdown of the entire system and its back-up (technically, they were both put into “maintenance mode”).
The report says the system “was unable to establish a reasonable course of action that would preserve safety and so raised a critical exception”..
- An error triggered by the plan – which was correctly submitted by an incoming airline – forced the system to stop processing flight plans automatically, leaving controllers to handle operations manually.
- An error triggered by the plan – which was correctly submitted by an incoming airline – forced the system to stop processing flight plans automatically, leaving controllers to handle operations manually.Sep 6, 2023
- On 28 August, thousands of passengers were left stranded after 1,500 flights were cancelled during one the busiest parts of the summer season.
Sep 6, 2023NATS, the UK's main air traffic control organisation, has revealed its findings about the technical glitch that shut down its systems.
Why did the FAA halt flights?
The FAA briefly halted all domestic flight departures across the US Wednesday morning, lifting the ground stop around 9 a
m
ET after it restored a system that provides pilots with pre-flight safety notices
But airlines continued to delay or cancel flights because of ongoing congestion
Will flights be grounded if there's a system outage?
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced early on Wednesday that a system outage has temporarily forced flights to be grounded across the U
S
, adding that there is "no estimate for the restoration of service at this time
"
The affected system, Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM), sends alerts to pilots to let them know of conditions that could affect the safet…,When the control column is pushed, the elevator surface moves down, making the tailplane generate an up force. This force acts through the CG and pushes the nose of the aircraft down. This is called a pitch-down motion. Similarly, if the pilot pulls on the control column, the elevator moves up which creates a tailplane downforce.
