i: Washington D.C. air traffic slowed -- from risks

[David Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 18:22:08 PDT
From: "Peter G. Neumann" <neumann@chiron.csl.sri.com>
Subject: Washington D.C. air traffic slowed


Air-traffic control around the eastern United States was seriously slowed
down for nearly eight hours on 11 Jun 1997 because of a wiring error that
occurred two months ago when new communications equipment was being
installed.  The main system at National Airport for communication with
aircraft in flight broke down.


Another aggravating episode occurred at Dulles International on the same
day, when a man with a briefcase ran through a security checkpoint.  80
flights were delayed when police made 2,000 passengers go through metal
detectors for a second time.  That is a really nasty kind of
denial-of-service attack, even if computer-unrelated.




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