Sunday Afternoon Radar Soetta Dead, UPS Replaced February 2013

VIVAnews - Head of Public Communication Center Ministry of Transportation, Bambang S. Ervan said that the management Angkasa Pura II had planned to replace the power supply (UPS) in February 2013. But before replacing burnt first.


"AP II was already planned to buy a new UPS come February 2013 from Germany," said Bambang told VIVAnews on Sunday evening, December 16, 2012.

Ministry of Transportation, he added, will deliver full investigation into the cause of the burning of the main UPS Soekarno-Hatta - which causes radar was dead for 15 minutes - to the management of UP II. "It's their domain, we ask to be investigated," he said.

According to reports received by the Ministry of Transportation, radar Soekarno-Hatta dead for 15 minutes due to the main UPS burning. The system should automatically switch to the UPS backup power, but does not work for UPS switches burned.

As a result all flights at Soekarno-Hatta delayed. AirAsia launched domestic flight schedules and overseas delayed for 1 to 2.5 hours. While Sriwijaya Air plane was forced to divert one of Tanjung Pandan to Soekarno-Hatta became Niagara Pinang.

While one of the aircraft should fly to Batam Soekarno-Hatta suspended for not getting permission from aviation authorities to fly.

Sources: http://bisnis.news.viva.co.id/news/read/375400