Air Traffic Control communications system failure, Christchurch Area Control Centre, 3 April 1997
Status
Closed
Occurrence Date
Report Publication Date
Jurisdiction
NZ
Legacy Inquiry Number
97-007
On Thursday 3 April 1997, at 1912 hours, the Airways Corporation communications network system suffered a failure which caused a temporary loss of all Air Traffic Control very high frequency radio communications in the Wellington Sector.
Subsequent modifications to the system and procedures will reduce the chance of a similar failure.
A safety issue identified was the inadequacy of the "communications failure" information in the Instrument Flight Guide for pilots, in the case of a failure of communications from Air Traffic Control.
Subsequent modifications to the system and procedures will reduce the chance of a similar failure.
A safety issue identified was the inadequacy of the "communications failure" information in the Instrument Flight Guide for pilots, in the case of a failure of communications from Air Traffic Control.
Location
Christchurch Area Control Centre (-43.487116,172.540197) [may be approximate]