Greek aviation chief quits over Jan. 4 airspace blackout
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Athens: Greece s transport ministry said Wednesday that its civil aviation chief had quit over the embarrassing January 4 airspace blackout that snarl...
Athens: Greece's transport ministry said Wednesday that its civil aviation chief had quit over the embarrassing January 4 airspace blackout that snarled flights for hours.
"The governor of the Civil Aviation Authority (YPA), George Saounatsos, submitted his resignation to the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Christos Dimas," the ministry said in a statement.
The move came hours after an official report into the incident blamed the glitch on "obsolete technology" at Athens International Airport, one of the world's top travel destinations.
According to YPA, the malfunction began at 8:59 am (0659 GMT) on January 4 when multiple radio frequencies serving Athens airspace were hit by continuous "noise" interference.
The agency's transmitters began sending out "involuntary signal emissions", YPA said.
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