Air delay as radar collapses; MYSTERY.A VITAL radar failed at an Irish airport grounding scores of flights yesterday. But engineers still don't know why the system stopped and restarted itself. Travellers faced delays at Dublin Airport Dublin Airport (IATA: DUB, ICAO: EIDW), or Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath in Irish, is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority plc. Located in Collinstown, in the Fingal part of County Dublin, it is by far the busiest airport in Ireland and is ranked as 14th after the malfunction mal·func·tion v. 1. To fail to function. 2. To function improperly. n. 1. Failure to function. 2. Faulty or abnormal functioning. as staff tried to find the fault on Wednesday night. Flights will continue to and from the airport but the Irish Aviation Authority The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), or Údaras Eithlíochta na hÉireann in Irish, is a state owned company and is responsible for the regulation of air travel in the Republic of Ireland and of the main international airports including Dublin, Cork and Shannon. is anxious to get to the bottom of the mystery. IAA's Lilian Cassin said: "It is working away normally at the moment but in the interests of safety we decided to impose restrictions. "Normally there would be about 50 aircraft operating in and out of the airport per hour. Now we're operating 32 aircraft per hour. No flights have been cancelled." |
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