Air Traffic Controllers Point To Underinvestment After Greek Outage

passengers at athens airport

Stranded passengers at Athens Airport during the communications outage that swept through Greece on Jan. 4.

Credit: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty
An air traffic controller union is calling for investment in system upgrades in Greece in the wake of a massive communications outage in the country on Jan. 4. An investigation is ongoing to find the root cause of the event. While Greek media reported accidental interference, the ongoing debate...
Thierry Dubois

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe.  

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