Aircraft flight control continued operations into an airport impacted with 16 inches of snow.
Synopsis
Aircraft flight control continued operations into an airport impacted with 16 inches of snow.
Narrative
Rewritten in plain English from NASA’s original all-caps telegraphic report — facts, figures, and terminology preserved.
Aircraft DTW station received 16 inches snow on Jan/XA/99. Airport runways were open and operations were normal. Aircraft terminal still snowed in; all gates occupied with aircraft yet to be deiced.
As a dispatcher, I diverted 2 aircraft to other airports because my destination airport (DTW) was not a safe operation. Aircraft management is putting my license and their passengers at risk by trying to operate to a destination airport such as DTW on Jan/XB/99.
Show the original NASA report (verbatim, telegraphic)
ACR DTW STATION RECEIVED 16 INCHES SNOW ON JAN/XA/99. ARPT RWYS WERE OPEN AND OP WAS NORMAL. ACR TERMINAL STILL SNOWED IN; ALL GATES OCCUPIED WITH ACR ACFT YET TO BE DEICED. AS A DISPATCHER; I DIVERTED 2 ACFT TO OTHER ARPTS BECAUSE MY DEST ARPT (DTW) WAS NOT A SAFE OP. ACR MGMNT IS PUTTING MY LICENSE AND THEIR PAX AT RISK BY TRYING TO OPERATE TO A DEST ARPT SUCH AS DTW ON JAN/XB/99.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.