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Delhi Airport ATC Glitch: Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu on Saturday visited the ATC (Air Traffic Control) Tower at Delhi Airport to review operations after the technical glitch in the ATC messaging system yesterday, which affected over 800 flights, creating a huge chaos at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).

After his visit, the Union Minister said he has directed officials to carry out a detailed root-cause analysis of the technical glitch at the Delhi airport's air traffic control system and to put in place backup servers to boost operations.

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What Is AMSS, Which Affected Flights?

The Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS), which caught a technical glitch, supports the air traffic control's flight planning process. The glitch resulted in delays of more than 800 flights and cancellation of 46 flights on Friday at the Delhi airport, which is the country's busiest airport.

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"Visited the ATC Tower at Delhi Airport today to review operations after the technical glitch in the ATC messaging system. Over the past two days, teams from AAI, ANS, and ECIL worked tirelessly to identify and resolve the issue while ensuring passenger safety through manual coordination. As systems are fully restored now, I have further directed officials to conduct a detailed root-cause analysis and enhance system redundancy to make our ATC network more resilient for the future," Naidu wrote on X, sharing pictures of his visit to ATC at Delhi airport.

"Owing to the coordinated efforts of ECIL engineers, ATC (Air Traffic Control) personnel, and the ministry's proactive monitoring, the system was fully restored to automatic mode by the afternoon of November 8. There were no flight cancellations today owing to the issue," the civil aviation ministry said in a statement.

(With PTI inputs)

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