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FLIGHTS BRIEFLY VANISH FROM AUSTRIAN AIR TRAFFIC
VIENNA (AP) — Key flight data from high-flying aircraft mysteriously disappeared twice recently from controllers' radar screens in Austria and some of its neighbors and the relevant EU agencies have been asked to investigate, Austria's flight safety organization said Thursday.
Marcus Pohanka of Austro Control described the incidents on June 5 and Tuesday as unprecedented. He said the height, location, identities and other information for a total of 13 aircraft suddenly vanished over Austria— both times for about 25 minutes.
Pohanka said Thursday that several neighboring countries had similar incidents and the EU's Eurocontrol and European Aviation Safety Agency has been asked for a probe. He did not identify the other nations. But the daily Kurier said flight controllers in Munich and Karlsruhe in Germany, and in Prague, the Czech republic also reported related problems …. http://bigstory.ap.org
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2014/06/flights-briefly-vanish-from-austrian.html
