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Hong Kong’s air traffic control system suffers another glitch

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The new air traffic control system suffered another glitch on Saturday when operators temporarily lost information on the positioning and altitude of a large number of flights.This triggered the deployment of a back-up system for the first time since the HK$1.56 billion technology went live at the airport in November Chan Siu-kam reports.


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The new air traffic control system suffered another glitch on Saturday when operators temporarily lost information on the positioning and altitude of a large number of flights.This triggered the deployment of a back-up system for the first time since the HK$1.56 billion technology went live at the airport in November Chan Siu-kam reports.



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