I have to give it to them. RT are quick off the mark. I learned of this through them.
Passengers
stuck on tarmac across NZ
A nationwide
radar fault means all commercial flights around the country have been
grounded. Flights currently up in the air can land but no planes are
allowed to take off.
23
June, 2015
Passengers
on a stranded plane at Christchurch Airport. Photo: Twitter/@Paul
Le Comte
Auckland
Airport said it was notified of the fault at 2.50pm.
It
said Airways, which monitors New Zealand's airspace, told it there
had been a national fault, it had identified it and it was trying to
fix it.
Christchurch
International Airport confirmed that Airways was experiencing an
issue with its system across the country.
It
said the company was working to resolve the issue as quickly as
possible.
More
to follow
We have very nice @FlyAirNZ pilots in person telling us the situation pic.twitter.com/ziEsEeFMKJ
— Paul Le Comte (@five15design) June 23, 2015
Auckland
Airport departures board. Photo: Auckland
Airport website
Only a couple of planes left to land. ATC radar issues in NZ! #fr24 #nz #avgeek @flightradar24pic.twitter.com/vNWF2tJQlH
— Daniel Talbot (@danieljtalbot) June 23, 2015
UPDATE:
Auckland
Airport says Airways New Zealand has fixed the radar fault that
grounded all commercial flights across the country. Join us for live
updates on this developing story. All times NZ local
4.10pm:
Whoops of delight across the country: the problem has now been
RESOLVED.
An
Auckland Airport spokesman says Airways New Zealand has confirmed the
fault was fixed and flights could now depart again.
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