[SystemSafety] power failure at Belgocontrol

Gergely Buday gbuday at gmail.com
Wed May 27 20:51:33 CEST 2015


>From the news:

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What happened this morning?

At 9:45AM, power went down at Belgocontrol. Flights preparing for
landing at that very moment were still allowed to ground on the strip.
All other flights were redirected to airports in neighbouring
countries. Emergency generator switches malfunctioned as well, leaving
control towers completely out of electricity. “After that, we
proceeded to a ‘clear the sky’ operation”, explained Belgocontrol
spokesperson Dominique Dehaene.

A grounded airplane at Brussels Airport

The power outage temporarily shut down all air traffic in the country.
However, fly-overs at 24,500 feet or higher were still allowed, since
they are not a Belgocontrol responsibility.

Eurocontrol declared that air traffic would be down for an indefinite
amount of time. Airports all over Belgium were dealing with a
significant number of delays. By now, most of the planes still in the
air have been redirected to airports in neighbouring countries.

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http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/News/1.2351961


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