SAN DIEGO FLIGHTS DELAYED AND CANCELED AFTER NATIONWIDE FAA COMPUTER OUTAGE 4
Total Views: 13 By Chris Jennewein, Times of San Diego, a member of the San Diego Online News Association January 11, 2023 (San Diego) – Thousands of flights throughout the United States were canceled and delayed Wednesday morning because of the failure of a Federal Aviation Administration computer system. The FAA ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures after its Notice to Air Missions system crashed around 11 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday. Airports began to resume normal operations around 5:30 a.m. More than 4,300 flights had been delayed and 700 canceled. Officials said it will take hours to recover from the halt to flights. At 6:30 a.m. the arrivals board at San Diego International Airport showed all flights delayed or canceled, although many departing flights were shown to be on schedule. “Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the U.S. following an overnight outage to the Notice to Air Missions system that provides safety info to flight crews. The ground stop has been lifted. We continue to look into the cause of the initial problem” the FAA said in a Tweet. The FAA is expected to implement a ground delay program in order to address the backlog of flights halted for hours. Flights already in the air had been allowed to continue to their destinations during the ground stop. President Joe Biden ordered the Transportation Department to investigate the outage and said the cause of the failure was unknown at this time. Asked if a cyber attack was behind the outage, Biden told reporters at the White House, “We don’t know.” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg pledged “an after-action process to determine root causes and recommend next steps.” FAA’s system outage comes weeks after an operational meltdown at Southwest at the end of last year left thousands of passengers stranded. Printer-friendly version
4 viewsSOUTHWEST AIRLINES EMPLOYEE AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DIAGNOSED WITH WITH TB; POTENTIAL EXPOSURE RISK JANUARY-MAY DEEMED ‘LOW’ FOR PUBLIC 4
Total Views: 26 By Jose A. Alvarez, County of San Diego Communications Office July 19, 2019 (San Diego) – An employee at the San Diego International Airport has been diagnosed with infectious pulmonary tuberculosis but poses an extremely low exposure risk to the public and staff at the airport, according to San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency officials. “The period of possible exposure was from January 1 to May 29 and took place mainly in an area that is not accessible to the public. Preliminary testing of all close contacts to the case shows no evidence of transmission.” “In most cases, a person has to be in close contact with someone who has TB for a long period of time to be at risk for getting TB,” said Dean Sidelinger, M.D., M.S.Ed., interim County deputy public health officer. “In this case the employee does not spend significant time in any given area, had minimal close contact with employees and contact with members of the public was limited to short periods of time.” Employees who work for Southwest Airlines, G2 Secure Staff, LLC or the Airport Authority are being notified about this potential exposure and are being directed to contact their employers for additional information. “Symptoms of active TB include persistent cough, fever, night sweats and unexplained weight loss, but most people infected with TB do not have symptoms,” said Sidelinger. “While this exposure does not constitute a risk to the general public, early treatment can prevent progression to the infectious form of the disease, so it is important for people at risk of developing TB to get tested and treated if needed.” To know more about your risk, you may access the San Diego Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Tool and review it with your medical provider. Additional information can be found on the HHSA Tuberculosis Control and Refugee Health website. Members of the general public or medical providers who would like further information are asked to call County TB Control Program at (619) 692-8621. The number of annual TB cases in San Diego County has decreased since the early 1990s and has stabilized in recent years. There were 258 cases reported in 2016 and 237 in 2017 and 226 cases were reported in 2018. Printer-friendly version
4 viewsAIRLINES, SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK, AND USO SAN DIEGO TEAM UP TO PROVIDE MEALS AND MORE TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES THIS THURSDAY 3.2K
Total Views: 38 East County News Service January 24, 2019 (San Diego) – San Diego International Airport (SAN) airlines, along with community partners including San Diego Food Bank and USO San Diego, will provide free meals and resources for 500 federal employees impacted by the government shutdown. Several airlines, including Southwest, JetBlue, Hawaiian, Delta, and American Airlines, will provide a Hawaiian BBQ lunch to Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) personnel to show appreciation for maintaining service levels during the shutdown. The San Diego Food Bank will provide groceries and diapers for 300 households. Food items will include nonperishable boxed and canned foods along with fresh produce including bags of apples, potatoes, and pears. The Food Bank will also provide boxes of diapers to families with infants and toddlers. The event will be held this Thursday, January 24 at the San Diego International Airport Neil Ash Airport USO, Terminal 2 East (first level) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Printer-friendly version
3.2K viewsFIRST “GREEN” TAXIS COME TO SAN DIEGO AIRPORT 6.1K
Total Views: 26 Program provides rebates and incentives for hybrid cabs November 29, 2011(San Diego) — The first “green” taxis at San Diego International Airport made their official debut Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, as part of an initiative to bring hybrid vehicles into the taxi fleet involving the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE), Mossy Toyota and San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. This public-private partnership has resulted in special incentives to help taxi operators overcome barriers to switching to cleaner, more fuel-efficient cabs, according to Heather Shepard, program manager for CCSE’s Airport Vehicle Rebate Program (AVRP). More than 30 hybrid vehicles are anticipated to be included at the launch of this program, including the first commercial use of the new Prius v in the nation. Shepard estimates that taxi operators switching to hybrid cabs will save $1,000 to $1,500 per month depending on miles driven. CCSE and the Airport Authority teamed up last year to secure funding from the state’s Reformulated Gasoline Settlement Fund to set up the rebate program to offset the higher purchase costs of alternative-fueled vehicles. CCSE received $750,000 for rebates to ground transportation providers at the airport, including more than $200,000 earmarked for green cabs. Rebates are dependent on vehicle type, model year and fuel technology and range from $1,000 to $7,500. Eligible vehicles range from plug-in electric vehicles to vehicles running on compressed natural gas. “As the leading Toyota Prius dealer in San Diego County, we immediately saw value in this green program. It’s important to our employees, our customers and the future of San Diego,” said Jason Mossy, of Mossy Automotive. “That’s why it was a natural fit for us to partner with these forward thinking organizations.” Among the green taxis coming to the airport this month are 30 new Toyota Prius v models. The Prius v (for versatility) debuted at the 2011 Detroit auto show and is currently coming onto the market for consumer sales. It is a five- passenger, four-door hatchback, with larger cargo and passenger spaces than current Prius models. According to Shepard, the green taxis at the airport will serve as an important demonstration of San Diego’s clean-tech economy and commitment to clean transportation for tourists and residents alike. “Once hybrid cab owners and drivers start reaping the fuel savings and communicate these benefits to other drivers, the transition to green cabs will accelerate,” Shepard said. “If all 300 cabs operating at the airport were operating hybrid taxis, they would be saving over $3 million per year in fuel costs as well as reducing carbon emissions and air pollution.” For more information: Calif. Energy Commission: www.energy.ca.gov/contracts/PON-10-602/PON-10- 602_NOPA.pdf Dept. of Energy: http://energy.gov/articles/awards-advanced-vehicle- development Printer-friendly version
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