FAA Landing System Fails at Reno Airport
Officials at Reno-Tahoe International Airport are demanding answers after new, high-tech equipment designed to keep the airport open in poor weather failed, causing five flight diversions and a ripple of delays.
“This is completely and absolutely unacceptable,” said airport spokesman Brian Kulpin. “The FAA has a lot to answer for.”
A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration in Seattle confirmed that the Mark 20A landing system went down around 5:40 p.m. Tuesday.
The system is operated and maintained by the FAA.
“We got people in there almost right away,” said FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer. “They’re troubleshooting it, trying to figure out the problem.”
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