LAX CALLED 'CHALLENGED' AT BEST.Byline: ART MARROQUIN Staff Writer Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX is an "extremely challenged" facility that lacks the proper equipment and infrastructure to handle the type of massive computer meltdown that left more than 17,300 passengers stranded Saturday, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the airport's chief executive. The comments from Gina Marie Lindsay, executive director of Los Angeles World Airports Los Angeles World Airports or LAWA is the airport oversight and operations department for the city of Los Angeles, California. This department owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport, LA/Ontario International Airport, Palmdale Regional Airport, and Van , came just days after a glitch A temporary or random hardware malfunction. It is possible that a bug in a program may cause the hardware to appear as if it had a glitch in it and vice versa. At times it can be extremely difficult to determine whether a problem lies within the hardware or the software. See glitch attack. in a single laptop computer shut down the U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a bureau of the United States Department of Homeland Security, is charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. trade laws. screening system at LAX on Saturday, followed by a power outage that knocked down the system for a second time in less than 24 hours. "Under the best of circumstances, LAX is a facility that is extremely challenged," Lindsay told the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on
Wednesday.
A network interface card on a single desktop computer was blamed for shutting down the entire U.S. Customs screening system at LAX's Tom Bradley International Terminal about 2 p.m. Saturday, according to James Butts, head of law enforcement and protective services at the airport. The network interface card allows computers to connect to a local area network that permits customs agents to run background checks and passport numbers of people entering the country. The system compares passenger information with terrorist watch lists, law enforcement records and immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. files. "It was a single network card in a single computer, which should not have brought down an entire system," Butts told the council. "But it did," Los Angeles Councilwoman Janice Hahn replied. A total of 17,386 passengers on 95 arriving international flights were affected by the outage. An unrelated power outage caused the screening system to shut down about 11:50 p.m. Sunday, leaving some 1,700 passengers stranded about two hours. A backup system failed to engage in both instances, according to customs officials. U.S. customs officials told LAX executives that they plan to buy 190 additional laptop computers with backup screening software. art.marroquin(at)dailybreeze.com (310) 543-6674 |
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