Media: in Argentina, the plane could not land due to sleeping controllers
MEXICO city, 21 Mar — RIA Novosti. Sleeping air traffic controllers caused problems with landing an airplane company Austral at the airport of La Rioja in Argentina, reports local news portal Opinion Austral.
According to the portal, the pilot of the plane for eight minutes, was forced to circle over the airport, trying to establish a connection with the managers, but received no response.
The airport of La Rioja begins work at seven in the morning, but the staffing, air traffic controllers must be in place before this time and be ready to accept aircraft. This time they did not have time to Wake up, which the problem occurred, although the plane arrived a bit ahead of schedule.
The representative of the local Association of air traffic controllers Gustavo Quiroga stood up in the conflict in the direction of the airport. “If the plane with passengers arrives before the deadline, it is a problem the company not zaprogrammirovat normally their flights, these situations become common place, and always blame managers”, — quotes the portal Juan Carlos I statement Quiroga.
According to him, managers should not come to work an hour before the arrival of the first aircraft. “And they don’t work for 24 hours, so sleeping in the control tower, says the pilot, they could not,” said Quiroga.