The contractor of Hong Kong airport’s new air traffic control system has pledged to provide a software fix in two weeks for testing after some information on eight flights went missing on radar screens last week in a worrying system glitch.
Raytheon, which developed the HK$1.56 billion air traffic control technology, made the promise on Saturday – a week after the incident – along with the submission of an investigation report to the Civil Aviation Department.
Referring to the recent system fault, the department said only “a few” flights were affected. The backup system was activated and clearance for departure flights was delayed for 15 minutes.