Report Details Denver Airport Radar Problems
During a six-month stretch in 1995, radar systems at the new Denver International Airport broke down on 135 of the 181 days it was operational, according to a report Sunday.
In a copyright article that was based on control tower logs obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the Denver Post said the failures occurred from spring through fall, only months after the airport opened.
The failures, which Federal Aviation Administration officials said posed no safety problems to passengers, ranged from controllers’ screens going blank while tracking jets to weather radar reporting 30-knot winds when pilots said conditions were perfect.
Regional FAA spokesman Mitch Barker said some problems have occurred with enhanced weather safety systems not integrating properly, but he added that passengers have not been endangered.
The $4.2-billion airport opened in February, well behind schedule and over budget.
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