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The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), in a statement issued Tuesday, Jan. 2, said the three-year old P11-billion Air Traffic Management (ATM) system plus the backup, which both failed on New Year's Day 2023, stranding hundreds of flights and thousands of passengers, is "already beh
South Africa's Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) said that its Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), a system through which air traffic controllers transmit text-based message...
South Africa's Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) said on Tuesday afternoon its Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), a system through which air traffic controllers transmit text-based messages to pilots as an alternative to voice communications to aircraft, has been fully restored after a falure in 6 December. This follows the failure of the CPDLC service that took place over a huge area of airspace over the ocean to the south of Africa and extending all the way to Antarctica. The airspace has been delegated to SA by the International Civil Aviation Organisation...
Although the breakdown in an air traffic control communication link with pilots in a vast ocean area for which South Africa is responsible has been restored, aviation experts and pilots caution that the incident still raises serious concerns.
A September 24 notam prohibits most general and business aviation aircraft from taking part in the CPDLC en route trial due to avionics performance issues.