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Vienna Airport Says Glitch That Disrupted Dozens Of Flights Resolved (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the poor-tech dept.

On Sunday, Vienna Airport was at the receiving end of a number of flight delays and cancellations due to data transmission issues. On Monday, it announced that all the issues have been resolved. Reuters reports:"Austrian air traffic control has solved the issue," the airport said on its website early on Monday. "At the moment there are no delayed or canceled flights. We advise passengers to contact their airline." The automated transfer of flight planning data between air traffic control centers in Brussels and Vienna collapsed completely for a while on Sunday afternoon, said a spokesman for Austro Control, which monitors Austrian air space.

17 comments

  1. Nice link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Links back to this post. Good job idiots...

  2. Its not a glitch until people arrive by Bob_Who · · Score: 1

    If we could just get passangers to commute on the wire instead of on jets, thing would be a whole lot smoother.

    1. Re:Its not a glitch until people arrive by bev_tech_rob · · Score: 1

      If we could just get passangers to commute on the wire instead of on jets, thing would be a whole lot smoother.

      I wouldn't have a problem with that. The trend looked to be improving until Ms. Yahoo Meyer decided to bring everyone back into the office.

      --
      You're messin' with my Zen Thing, man.....
    2. Re: Its not a glitch until people arrive by unami · · Score: 1

      well, the problemems in this case were im the wires...

    3. Re:Its not a glitch until people arrive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If we could just get passangers to commute on the wire instead of on jets, thing would be a whole lot smoother.

      I wouldn't have a problem with that. The trend looked to be improving until Ms. Yahoo Meyer decided to bring everyone back into the office.

      Mayer...

    4. Re:Its not a glitch until people arrive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Her balogna has a second name, it's M-A-Y-E-R

  3. What was the problem? by gavron · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If the "problem" was "resolved" how about linking to a story that actually describes the problem?

    This is slashdot. We want to read about computer things that break and how they get fixed, not get some PR person saying "It's all good now, come on over, the weather's clear." What's all good now? What broke? How do we learn from this so we don't have the same breakage. What did you learn from it so you don't experience breakage.

    This could be a great learning experience. Sadly the link above doesn't provide that.

    E

    1. Re: What was the problem? by unami · · Score: 2

      they don't know yet what caused the problem. when i arrived at VIE yesterday, they had put thousands of bags from the baggage belts on the floor, sitting there unattended, while a voice over the speakers told passengers not to leave their bags alone. :-)

    2. Re:What was the problem? by arglebargle_xiv · · Score: 1

      If the "problem" was "resolved" how about linking to a story that actually describes the problem?

      Since it was in Austria, probably a dingo ate the router. Or kangaroos cut the cables. Or they were chewed by feral dropbears.

    3. Re:What was the problem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes, Vienna is in Austria.

      As a product of the US public school system that led you to think of dingos and kangaraoos, neither of which is in Australia, Europe, or even the northern hemisphere.

      Now go google "Australia". Those extra two letters will shift your mind half a world away, mate.

      M

    4. Re:What was the problem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sarcasm? Do you get it?

    5. Re:What was the problem? by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      As a product of the US public school system that led you to think of dingos and kangaraoos, neither of which is in Australia, Europe,

      I have never heard of Australia, Europe, could you point to it on a map for me?

      --
      APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
  4. Link by joraeim · · Score: 2

    Here's the link that should have been with the story. (I think) http://www.reuters.com/article...

  5. How did... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    this get through moderation? A few delayed flightws are hardly "news for nerds". Happens every day.

  6. You don't resolve glitches by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You fix them.

  7. Causes? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    While not clear, rumour "alleges" that the cause was a lack of redundancy for communicating flight plans between the local Airline or ATM with the Eurocontrol central system.

    Extremely strange, given that this is a design feature.

    Could it be something to do with the "vicious" downsizing that the Airline data centre experienced over the past years?

    Any comments, from the informed?