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FAA Will Review ATC Security Plans
Following a fire that knocked out ATC equipment at a facility in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said on Monday the agency will conduct a 30-day review of its contingency plans and security protocols to be sure they address system efficiency as well as safety. "I do understand the traveling public's frustrations," Huerta said. More than 2,500 flights were cancelled over the weekend at Chicago's busy O'Hare and Midway hubs, according to USA… (www.avweb.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
No redundancy if the entire system knocked out. Redundancy means no disruption, other than a few moments to transfer control.
Perhaps we need to rethink what is meant by redundancy and resilience in critical infrastructure systems. It's not like we are in a war or anything.
they probably had redundancy for the individual systems, but not the whole center and this guy took it all out
Redundancy... all systems on the aircraft have redundancy, why not in ATC?
I think they had redundancy but only in Aurora. LOL
Decentralization of large hubs as Chicago, especially infrastructure is the easiest way to ensure redundancy. Simply moving a few sectors to other Centers is not the total answer (although it is a good stop-gap measure til what ever caused the outage can be brought back on-line).