Pillbox live show cancelled

[CV]

chaos at Barcelona airport this lunchtime , as all UK airports were closed due to a failure of air traffic control systems in UK airspace.... this is a real downer , as I was looking forward to performing my first UK live show in around 5 years this weekend....

we are arranging another date , hopefully will be luckier next time...

[Tomoki]

Hey Cristian, do you have further informations about your Live-PA @ U60311 in Frankfurt on the 31st of May?
Is it cancelled as well, because of the (perhaps) temporary closure?
I hope it will take place:D

[eclairfi]

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[CV]

5.15pm update

Air traffic computer failure delays flights
Philip Pank
Media

Friday May 17, 2002


Airline passengers faced widespread cancellations and long delays today after the maligned air traffic control computer network failed for the third time in four months.

Commercial airports around the country were affected. Passengers faced delays of up to six hours and several airlines were forced to cancel European flights.

British Airways cancelled 14 return flights from Gatwick and Heathrow, while easyJet cancelled 18 flights and warned passengers to expect "major disruption".

A BAA spokeswoman said: "We are also experiencing up to five or six hour delays for some flights. It is proving difficult to plan our schedules for today. It has caused major disruption, especially with it being on a Friday which is one of our busiest days."

Passengers were held up at Gatwick, Luton, London City airport, Birmingham International, Manchester airport, Cardiff international airport, Teesside airport, Bristol international airport, Liverpool John Lennon airport and Newcastle airport.

Airlines said flights to mainland Europe were most severely affected by the delays.

In Scotland, staff at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen airports predicted that about 50 flights would be delayed.

However, transatlantic flights from Scottish airports were not affected as air traffic control for those services is handled at Prestwick, near Glasgow.

The disruption came after a software failure at the National Air Traffic Services (Nats) centre in Swanwick, Hampshire.

The glitch reduced Nats operating capacity by half between the hours of 6.30am and 11.00am. A spokesman said a temporary solution had been found to the computer problems but long delays would continue.

"We are now working our way through the backlog of delays," a Nats spokesman said. He advised air passengers to check with their airlines to see whether specific flights had been cancelled or delayed. Delays and cancellations were reported around the country.

A spokesman for Heathrow airport said delays were "pretty widespread" but departures had not been halted completely.

Nats chief executive Richard Everitt insisted safety had not been compromised, adding that a "software problem" at Swanwick had forced air traffic controllers to limit flight numbers to their usual night-time levels.

"I obviously apologise that it has happened, but it is one of those things that tend to happen with new systems," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

The problem had no link with Nats' highly-publicised financial problems following September 11 and was not a result of inadequate software testing, he insisted.

"We had these problems this morning, which I am pleased to say we have isolated and we have our experts continuing to work on what that problem is," he later told the BBC's World at One programme.


The shadow transport minister, Eric Pickles, said the government was warned there could be problems with Nats' computer system and that today's hitch had caused misery for thousands of air passengers.

"I think Nats needs to have a proper reassessment of its software," he said.

"This is three times in two months and it is three times too many.

"Mr Byers was warned and understands the problem, but I dare say that if you were stuck at Heathrow or Gatwick and told 'Don't worry, Mr Byers is in charge', it would come as little comfort.

[deccard]

@tomoki: i hope too that this will take place, but as it looks like i don´t think so.

[CV]

@ tomkoki , deccard


why are you guys panicking ????? you're being silly!!!

they have fixed the air traffic control system of course! !

it was just one days disruption

.... and besides u60 is in Frankfurt and isn't for two weeks... .

unless you are talking about something else that I don't know about - is there problems at u60?? please make sure you tell us if there is any reason why there should be a problem with my live set @ u60

[Tomoki]

Cristian, the U60311 was raided last weekend and it is closed now!

They don’t know when it reopens. The hearing at the court is next week I think.
It is possible that it reopens soon, in a couple of weeks or no more…

Have the promoters of U60 (or delirium)not told you about these problems?

More infos about the raid@U60:
http://www.no-future.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=498