Posted on 06/07/2007 9:01:21 PM PDT by SJackson
Radio disruptions at B-G airport caused by W. Bank pirate station
By Zohar Blumenkrantz, Haaretz Correspondent Last update - 18:07 07/06/2007
An illegal radio station operating out of the West Bank city of Ramallah caused interference in communications between Ben Gurion International Airport's control tower and the airplanes.
Communications Minister, Ariel Attias said the station had been found and closed down on Thursday. Despite this, some further interference was experienced by the control tower.
Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz said Thursday that he would call for an urgent cabinet meeting in order to discuss the pirate radio transmissions which have been causing disturbances in air traffic control communications at Ben Gurion airport, situated in Tel Aviv.
Disruptions continued on Thursday morning as the control tower was forced to wait 10 minutes between each take-off, as a safety precaution. These precautions are expected to cause delays in the departure of flights.
Mofaz said he would demand at the meeting harsher penalties for those transmitting from pirate radio stations that have been disrupting communications between the control towers and pilots.
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Doesn't appear they did any damage other than economic, but I'll give the inventors of the suicide bomber some credit for originality.
So this is the crowning “achievement” of Palestinian science. Apparently the Palis can’t think of anything creative that doesn’t cause or intend to cause death and destruction. What a sicko society!
Interference with one class of aircraft can be solved by another class.
Triangulate then eliminate
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