A technical failure in a printer caused minor delays in El Dorado. The operation has already been normalized.
A 12-minute failure in the printer that produces the “progress strip” forced manual adjustments in the El Dorado control tower, generating minor delays on several flights. Aerocivil confirmed that the operation has already been normalized.
This Friday, November 14 There were delays in the operation of the El Dorado Airport in Bogotá. The FM learned from Aerocivil sources that the The origin of the problem was a specific technical failure with a system printer that generates the so-called “progress strip”.which stopped working for approximately 12 minutes.
It is worth mentioning that The ‘progress strip’ is an internal document used by air traffic controllers to keep an up-to-date record of flights —their identification, type of aircraft, estimated time of passage through certain points, altitude or route, among other data—, which allows them to safely anticipate and coordinate the flow of aircraft.
Emergency mechanisms were activated
The applicable aeronautical manual indicates that The controller must have these bands updated to provide control services.
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According to the information obtained by La Fm, The printer failure meant that the controllers did not have the printed output of the strips during those 12 minutes.which forced manual adjustments to continue the operation.
Subsequently, there was a relatively quick technical intervention and the system returned to operation without any security incidents being recorded. During the period of the outage, some flights appeared with slight delays.
Delays have already been overcome
However, Aerocivil reported that the delays have already been practically recovered and the airport is operating normally at this time. Most of the flights that were listed as delayed have taken off or are already en route.
From the airport it is pointed out that There was no significant congestion or accumulation of aircraft on the aprons or runways as a result of the inconvenience. The control and maintenance teams worked in a coordinated manner to restore functionality in the shortest time possible.
Although the impact was minimal, airlines checked the schedule to ensure that the chain of subsequent flights was not affected.
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It is worth mentioning that despite the event, The airport’s operation remained within standards and the implementation of additional contingency protocols was not required.
Coordination between control tower, approach, aerodrome operation and systems technical maintenance personnel was activated to correct the anomaly.
Finally, it is recommended that travelers check their flights through the airline’s application, or on the airport monitors, for any minor eventuality that may arise.
After this incident, some experts pointed out that doubts arise such as how prepared the country’s largest air terminal really is to prevent a failure so basic it generates delays in its operation.
Source: Integrated Information System
