UK Air traffic control network crash

Re:UK Air traffic control network crash by defrost on Monday August 28, 2023 @08:43AM (#37293111)

You'd hope an air traffic control centre would have a big box of popsicle sticks and black pen markers to cover the fallover of power | backup power | digital systems.

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Re:UK Air traffic control network crash by awildfivreld on Monday August 28, 2023 @09:40AM (#37293802)

Well, they do (figuratively). That is why the entire airspace is not totally shut down, but capacity "just" substantially reduced.

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Re:UK Air traffic control network crash by pjc50 on Monday August 28, 2023 @11:56AM (#37296109)

I believe that's literally what they fail over to, yes.

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Re:UK Air traffic control network crash by defrost on Monday August 28, 2023 @09:52PM (#37302588)

Per aircraft physical batons were literally the way a number of pre digital air traffic control systems worked.

Whoever has the stick is responsible for the aircraft - it was a literal "unique token".

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