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Flights Grounded Out West?
FOX News ^ | 9/14/04 | NeverGore

Posted on 09/14/2004 5:39:15 PM PDT by nevergore

According to Laurie Dhue at the bottom of the hour all flights are grounded at LAX due to a "radio problem"...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; airplanes; lax
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To: Nexus
due to massive communication/equipment failure.

Unprecendented? Tin Foil? [Laurie on the top]

101 posted on 09/14/2004 6:28:49 PM PDT by Indie (Ignorance of the truth is no excuse for stupidity.)
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To: nevergore

What's the frequency, Kenneth?


102 posted on 09/14/2004 6:30:03 PM PDT by sd-joe ("Kerry Lied . . . While Good Men Died")
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To: Semper Paratus

You wrote:

"Dan Rather will get to the bottom of this with Dhue diligence."

ROFL!

We need to start a repository of best one-liners
from Free Republic. This should lead the list!



103 posted on 09/14/2004 6:30:17 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: KylaStarr

That's what we heard to. Hearing about flights in the air w/no commo is disturbing.


104 posted on 09/14/2004 6:30:20 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: kingu

Now LA nbc 4 report that the issue is at the palmdale Hi alt. control center is down... no radio... so no flight over 18000 ft alowed..airlines have to fly aboue 18000ft or the burn to much fuel.. so a ground stop is in effect


105 posted on 09/14/2004 6:30:58 PM PDT by tophat9000 ("Blackrock Bob" (aka DAN RATHER)....is in full denial)
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To: Calamari

don't squeeze the mic TOOOOO firmly or you might get an unanticipated transmission :-O


106 posted on 09/14/2004 6:31:00 PM PDT by roaddog727 (The marginal propensity to save is 1 minus the marginal propensity to consume.)
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To: KylaStarr

I still find that hard to believe.


107 posted on 09/14/2004 6:31:51 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: tophat9000

My friends and I noticed extraneous exclamation points in our emails today that were moving from place to place as we replied to the same email. Also the NOAA satellite pix of IVAN got very fuzzy about 6 pm. I had a fleeting thought of sunspots or a computer virus. FWIW, I am as far east as Indiana, just further south, and I hear the airplanes either taking off or landing at Nashville International in what seems to be a normal pattern for this time of night.


108 posted on 09/14/2004 6:32:11 PM PDT by OrangeDaisy
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To: KylaStarr
The outage occurred at 4:40 p.m. PDT at the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center in Palmdale, in the desert north of Los Angeles

I'm a pilot for a major US airline. What is going on is this: "LA Center" had a power failure and that has an effect on all traffic in LA Center's airspace. They are likely working on backup, which means aircraft that are in the air and landing at an airport in LA Center airspace will likely be able to continue to their destination without too great a delay. Aircraft on the ground will not be allowed to takeoff until the issue is resolved.

LA Center's airspace goes from the Mexico board north to just north of Santa Barbara. It goes from off the Pacific coast east to near the Arizona border.

This is not that unusual.
109 posted on 09/14/2004 6:32:40 PM PDT by safisoft (Give me Torah!)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Now saying power outage, now affecting flights nation wide.

Strange. Where are you hearing this from?

110 posted on 09/14/2004 6:33:59 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe (POP - Political Operative in Pajamas)
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To: safisoft

I was calm and with you until you got to your last line, "This is not that unusual." Now I am worried.


111 posted on 09/14/2004 6:34:47 PM PDT by Ingtar (Understanding is a three-edged sword : your side, my side, and the truth in between ." -- Kosh)
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To: Joe Hadenuf

Man oh man! I hope those planes hurry up and get into range of another comm center. They do that don't they?


112 posted on 09/14/2004 6:34:53 PM PDT by KylaStarr
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To: safisoft

Fox just reported all planes out of Las Vegas grounded.


113 posted on 09/14/2004 6:35:32 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (John Kerry is a GirlyManchurian Candidate.)
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To: safisoft
Media reporting commo could be down for up to four hours.

This is not that unusual.

Really?

114 posted on 09/14/2004 6:36:04 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

Bump!


115 posted on 09/14/2004 6:36:06 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: kingu

President Bush was in Vegas today or tonight.


116 posted on 09/14/2004 6:36:17 PM PDT by Hischild
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To: Mad Dawgg

they said something about "high altitude" comm. Apparently the low altitude stuff is OK.


117 posted on 09/14/2004 6:36:40 PM PDT by sd-joe ("Kerry Lied . . . While Good Men Died")
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To: Joe Hadenuf

Fox just said all flights grounded in Las Vegas.


118 posted on 09/14/2004 6:36:47 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (John Kerry is a GirlyManchurian Candidate.)
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To: safisoft

I had no idea how big of an area is serviced by these communication centers. Thank you for your insight!

However,seeing your last line about this not being unusual gives me the heebie jeebies. You must have nerves of steel to be a pilot : )


119 posted on 09/14/2004 6:36:52 PM PDT by KylaStarr
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To: Lijahsbubbe

Local LA radio, TV reports.


120 posted on 09/14/2004 6:36:55 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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