Transport Minister Robert Montague - file photo
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Robert Montague
The authorities have added another layer of safeguards in the air traffic control system to ensure there is no repeat of the situation in 2017 when a lightning strike damaged critical equipment and impacted flights in and out of Kingston.
The upgraded Kingston Air Traffic Control Centre was opened Wednesday at the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority's Winchester Road location.
Transport Minister Robert Montague, who spoke at the opening, said following the lightning strike, the control towers at Norman Manley International and Sangster International were also upgraded.
"Now we have so much redundancy in the system, Prime Minister, that if Sangsters go down, we can actually control Sangsters from the tower at Norman Manley, and if Norman Manley go down, we can now control Norman Manley from Sangster. The centre here today is another layer of redundancy. We can control both airports from Winchester Avenue; and more than that, with the technology... we can also control airports and land and have planes take off under our control from right here in Kingston almost across every country in the Caribbean," he revealed.
The upgrade was done at a cost of US$17 million.
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