Terence Eden on Nostr: The UK's Civil Aviation Authority have a brief report about what caused all the ...
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority have a brief report about what caused all the flight cancellations the other day:
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/NERL%20Major%20Incident%20Investigation%20Preliminary%20Report.pdf (440KB PDF)
A few interesting thoughts about their findings…
The major cause was:
> The plan included two waypoints along its route that were geographically distinct but which have the same designator.
I don't know enough about ICAO4444 / ADEXP to be sure, but it sounds like an understandable, albeit avoidable, error.
(1/n)
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/NERL%20Major%20Incident%20Investigation%20Preliminary%20Report.pdf (440KB PDF)
A few interesting thoughts about their findings…
The major cause was:
> The plan included two waypoints along its route that were geographically distinct but which have the same designator.
I don't know enough about ICAO4444 / ADEXP to be sure, but it sounds like an understandable, albeit avoidable, error.
(1/n)