FAA Blames Dallas Airport Radar Failures on Outdated Infrastructure, Critics Question Explanation
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Summary
The FAA claims that radar and radio failures at Dallas area airports demonstrate outdated infrastructure and the need to modernize air traffic control systems from analog to digital technology. However, the article questions this explanation, noting that the FAA admitted there was supposed to be redundancy that failed to work, and challenges how a fiber cut relates to aging analog systems.
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"Moving from aging, analog systems to more resilient, digital technology, is critical to maintaining the reliability and resiliency of the national airspace system"
"How is a fiber cut an 'aging, analog system'? They even admitted that there was supposed to be redundancy in place but the system did not work"
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