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Jan controller expressed concern regarding the failure of the new integrated terminal weather system; (itws) equipment; citing ATC's inability to relay needed weather information.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 834902 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200905 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | JAN.Airport |
| State Reference | MS |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Other |
| Person 1 | |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Military 12 Air Traffic Control Non Radar 11 Air Traffic Control Radar 11 Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
Itws (integrated terminal weather system) recently replaced jan working weather-monitoring equipment. Over the past months jan has dealt with numerous weather conditions and has been unable to help or relay weather information to pilots upon request because the new equipment is OTS. Controllers at jan are requesting our old weather equipment back or someone to properly fix the equipment that we have. The above mention fix will allow us to help pilots and to safely expedite the flow of air traffic at jan.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: JAN Controller expressed concern regarding the failure of the new Integrated Terminal Weather System; (ITWS) equipment; citing ATC's inability to relay needed weather information.
Narrative: ITWS (Integrated Terminal Weather System) recently replaced JAN working weather-monitoring equipment. Over the past months JAN has dealt with numerous weather conditions and has been unable to help or relay weather information to pilots upon request because the new equipment is OTS. Controllers at JAN are requesting our old weather equipment back or someone to properly fix the equipment that we have. The above mention fix will allow us to help pilots and to safely expedite the flow of air traffic at JAN.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.