Delhi airport system crash due to manual procedural error: Raytheon

New Delhi: The crash of the air traffic management (ATM) system at IGI Airport last week, endangering large number of lives, seems to have been caused by "a manual procedural error", a US technology firm which is upgrading the aviation technology here, said today.
As enquiries by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)and Airports Authority of India (AAI) were continuing, Raytheon said, "the interruption of the ATM system appears to have been caused by a manual procedural error."
On the evening of January 14, the automation system at the ATC tower crashed while Raytheon's AutoTrac II system was being upgraded. This led to severe air traffic congestion over the Delhi air space which could have endangered lives.
20/01/10 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Jan 2010, Safety Jan 2010