A block of various hours has kept travelers of the above 300 air flights of the north-west of Italy yesterday, June 28, due to a Problem of the Radar Center network of Milan that manages the traffic of the area. There are three more in the peninsula: Padua for the North East, Rome Ciampino for the center and islands and Brindisi for the rest of the country.
This discomfort entailed in the evening the cancellation and hijacking dozens of flights in the space of Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria and interested The airports of Milan, Bergamo, Turin, Genoa. In some cases the passengers remained on board hours, others have been redirected to Venetoothers in Emilia Romagnathen move by train towards the final destination. Then when the airspace was reopened, around 10.15 pm, in some circumstances the crew was missing due to the overflow of hours of service in others the slots to take off, until another stop came in the night to block everything.
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“Radar Failure”, what does it depend on?
But what happened? The problem occurred to the data transmission system In the ENAV offices in Milan starting at 8.20 pm with a suspension of flights from 20.40. The reason should have been linked to the “deterioration of connectivity”or a slowdown in the data transmission system. In a note from the Body, we read: “At the Area Control Center of Milan, head of air traffic management in the northwestern area of ​​the country, a slowdown to the data transmission system occurred. To ensure the highest operational security standards, it was decided to temporarily suspend departures and arrivals at the airports concerned ».
The first stop lasted an hour And ENAV had communicated that “thanks to the timely intervention of its technical-operational staff, the data transmission and connectivity problem found at the Milan area control center has already been resolved. Air traffic in the north-west area of ​​Italy is gradually returning to full normality ».
An investigation commission to understand the origin of the problem
There E -net data transmissions networkconnect the control centers, radar centers, airports and conveys crucial information but digital information is managed by an external provider. That’s why An investigation commission may be opened To understand what went wrong.
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“Air traffic in the northwest area of ​​Italy is gradually returning to normal – declares Mit – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Matteo Salvini has carefully followed the evolution of the situation and is constantly in contact with all the subjects involved starting from ENAV “. This blackout in communications has happened several times even elsewhere, especially in the United States in recent months.
Source: Vanity Fair
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