Denver tower lost communications

[AJAT]

Denver Air Traffic Control Outage Leaves Up To 20 Pilots Without Communication
https://oann.com/denver-air-traffic-control-outage-leaves-up-to-20-pilots-without-communication

 

[AJAT]

I am by no means an expert, or very knowledgeable in the air traffic control tower infrastructure. With the tower being in close proximity to the aircraft, wouldn’t it be prudent to have a handheld transceiver available for some type of emergency like this, or would it be useless?

 

[Enforcer52]

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Denver Air Traffic Control Outage Leaves Up To 20 Pilots Without Communication

Denver air traffic controllers were without communications for six-minutes earlier this week after several radio transmitters suddenly lost power, according to a new report.

www.oann.com

 

[tvengr]

I don't understand why a tower loses radio communications. There is no reason why there can't be antennas on the towers and the radios right there in the tower. If a radio fails, you just swap it out or go to a backup. There is no reason to need to rely on a link to some other location. I am a firm believer in keep it simple stupid.

 

[kf8yk]

I am by no means an expert, or very knowledgeable in the air traffic control tower infrastructure. With the tower being in close proximity to the aircraft, wouldn’t it be prudent to have a handheld transceiver available for some type of emergency like this, or would it be useless?

The outage occurred at a remote site of the Denver ARTCC which covers 285,000 square miles in 9 states. I don't think a handheld at a controllers desk is going to help much.

 

[AJAT]

The outage occurred at a remote site of the Denver ARTCC which covers 285,000 square miles in 9 states. I don't think a handheld at a controllers desk is going to help much.

I guess a little HT won’t cover a 285,000 square mile area. LOL. I did a little reading and as I figured it is a little more complicated the just using a an HT.

 

[Alain]

Denver Air Traffic Control Outage Leaves Up To 20 Pilots Without Communication
https://oann.com/denver-air-traffic-control-outage-leaves-up-to-20-pilots-without-communication

Sounds like my beloved Newark:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/16/us/newark-airport-air-traffic-controller-comments

 

[bearcatrp]

Not what I want to read about. I fly to Denver this Wednesday.

 

[xms3200]

It is the media...no one wants to read how "Everything is functioning correctly"...Only hyped up stories make news. You will have no problem.