Amadeus Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Flight controllers denounce Argentina Argentine authorities are breaking international air-safety norms and putting passengers at risk because they haven't fixed the country's only certified radar, which was hit by lightning on March 1, the world's main flight-controllers organization said Monday. That radar failure has led to five near-collisions between airplanes since March 9, including three last week, and represents a "careless abandonment" of aviation regulations, according to the Canada-based International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Association. On May 1, another major international group, the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations, advised its 100,000 members to "exercise extreme vigilance" when flying in Argentine airspace. The bulletin added to a crisis that started last August, when a documentary detailing failures in the country's flight-control system — including malfunctioning equipment and poor controller training — sparked widespread outrage.. ....The crisis worsened when lightning destroyed the radar at the country's main Ezeiza airport in the capital of Buenos Aires. Government officials haven't fixed or replaced the radar, and controllers have had to guide planes all over the country based on information radioed in by pilots. Sounds like Argentina is the place to go for adrenaline junkies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Adventure Holidays To Argentina? When I saw that, I thought Thatcher must have gone into the travel agency business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Great news for nervous passengers. You can't believe this is able to happen in 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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