Hardly departing flights from Schiphol due to malfunction of the fuel system
Virtually no planes leave at Schiphol on Wednesday afternoon, because there is a malfunction in the system that supplies the planes with fuel at the airport. It is as yet unclear how long the outage will last.
An "occasional" aircraft can depart from the airport, a Schiphol spokesperson reports. This concerns aircraft that still have enough fuel on board to fly to the next destination.
However, this does not apply to most aircraft and they will have to wait until the fault has been resolved. At 4 p.m. there were about fifty planes waiting to be refueled and to leave.
If Aircraft Fuel Supply, the company responsible for the operation of the refueling system, has found a solution to the problem, aircraft can depart again half an hour later. "But that solution has not yet been found," said the spokesperson. "There is also no insight into how long that will last."
Summer holiday busiest period of the year for Schiphol
Schiphol advises travelers to monitor information about their flight via the airport's website or app or by contacting the airline with which they fly.
The summer holiday is the busiest period of the year for Schiphol. In the months of July and August the airport processes a stream of nearly thirteen million passengers.
At the beginning of August, Schiphol expects the greatest crowds. Passengers going on vacation and travelers returning from vacation are at the airport.
Schiphol fuel supply failure: passengers trapped in aircraft for hours
Peak day
It is expected to be a peak day at Schiphol, due to the start of the summer holiday this week. This means that it is extra busy in the departure halls. Because few aircraft can depart at the moment, it is also getting busier in the lounges and at the gates.
Source: https://nos.nl/liveblog/2294896-storing-brandstoftoevoer-schiphol-passagiers-urenlang-vast-in-vliegtuigen.html
Few thousand suitcases left at Schiphol after a malfunction
After a failure in the Schiphol baggage system, a few thousand suitcases were left at the airport. They are even stored under an overpass on the site. The failure occurred last Saturday. "On the same day it was corrected again. We are now in the process of sending the suitcases, but because it involves a few thousand, it takes a while," says a spokesperson. According to him, the problem is mainly that the regular baggage must also be processed again. "That's why it takes a while. But we're already halfway through and we're trying to send the remaining suitcases to their owners this week."
School vacation
The school vacation starts this Friday. Nevertheless, the spokesperson does not expect any additional problems. "With us, the holiday already starts at the end of March. As a result, around 200,000 passengers arrive at Schiphol every day. Friday is not necessarily a peak for us."
Moreover, a malfunction can always occur, he emphasizes. "That is why we have extra technicians ready during the summer period and people who can resolve minor malfunctions in the system."
How the outage occurred last Saturday remains unclear for the time being. Research is still being done on this.
Source: https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/248712/paar-duizend-koffers-achtergebleven-op-schiphol-na-storing
Police never practiced scenario for nationwide 112 failure
The Dutch police have never practiced for a nationwide 112 failure, according to Minister Ferd Grapperhaus (Justice and Security) in a letter to Parliament on Thursday. The chance of a failure such as that of 24 June was seen as minimal, the minister said. Neither has it been practiced for a scenario where the emergency number and the regular national police number failed at the same time.
There has been practice for a situation with a partial failure. However, a complete national outage has never been discussed. It was thought that KPN could fall back on backups, so that this could never happen. Emergency services had to improvise for hours during the outage. Agents were sent to the streets to help possible civilians in need. Because no national emergency number was initially available, local emergency services shared their 06 numbers on social media. Only later did the police share a replacement emergency number via an NL-Alert, whereby a wrong tip number was also accidentally placed.
Interference caused by KPN systems
A failure at telecom provider KPN made sure that the emergency number 112 was not available for a long time on Monday 24 June. The malfunction was caused by a software error that prevented all backups from working. According to KPN CEO Joost Farwerck, KPN's cyber security team has not had any indication that it was a hacking attack. Clients of the provider can now apply for compensation.
Investigate the malfunctionWe are currently investigating the damage caused by the malfunction. Recently it appeared that a woman from Breda died during the 112 outage. It is still unclear whether she would have survived if the number could be reached. In addition, it is being looked into how such problems can be prevented in the future. Critics argue for a backup on the telecom network of a competitor of KPN, such as VodafoneZiggo or T-Mobile. It was not the first time that the emergency number was unreachable. In 2012, 112 went out several times. The longest outage was that year in June, when the number could not be reached for six hours.
Source: https://www.nu.nl/politiek/5960510/politie-oefende-nooit-scenario-voor-landelijke-112-storing.html
Lost mail? Police find several pits with thousands of letters in Laren
Whoever lives in the Laren area and has received very little mail lately, no longer needs to look for an explanation. This morning the police found thousands of letters, magazines and other dumped mail items in a forest near Laren.
Tossed earth betrayed the post-dump site. The person who found the hiding place saw that the site had been dug properly. There was also a part of a shovel near the location, the police wrote on Facebook .
The police discovered several holes in the forest, containing thousands of mail items. According to an eyewitness it concerns eight holes of a meter deep. The letters are not very dated, because they still look good. For example, the latest edition of 360Magazine of 27 June is in the post.
Response Sandd
Mail delivery Sandd is now on its way to collect and collect all mail items. "Mail that can still be delivered will follow the next delivery date," a spokesperson told NH News. Letters that have expired or whose postal address is no longer visible are collected. "We are still investigating what we can and will do with it."
Sandd has since started an investigation into the cause. "We look at whether there have been complaints lately. We also look at who is responsible for the disappearance of the post."
Source: https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/249216/post-kwijt-politie-vindt-meerdere-kuilen-met-duizenden-brieven-in-laren
Virtually no planes leave at Schiphol on Wednesday afternoon, because there is a malfunction in the system that supplies the planes with fuel at the airport. It is as yet unclear how long the outage will last.
An "occasional" aircraft can depart from the airport, a Schiphol spokesperson reports. This concerns aircraft that still have enough fuel on board to fly to the next destination.
However, this does not apply to most aircraft and they will have to wait until the fault has been resolved. At 4 p.m. there were about fifty planes waiting to be refueled and to leave.
If Aircraft Fuel Supply, the company responsible for the operation of the refueling system, has found a solution to the problem, aircraft can depart again half an hour later. "But that solution has not yet been found," said the spokesperson. "There is also no insight into how long that will last."
Summer holiday busiest period of the year for Schiphol
Schiphol advises travelers to monitor information about their flight via the airport's website or app or by contacting the airline with which they fly.
The summer holiday is the busiest period of the year for Schiphol. In the months of July and August the airport processes a stream of nearly thirteen million passengers.
At the beginning of August, Schiphol expects the greatest crowds. Passengers going on vacation and travelers returning from vacation are at the airport.
Schiphol fuel supply failure: passengers trapped in aircraft for hours
- Aircraft cannot refuel at Schiphol due to a malfunction in the fuel supplier's system, Aircraft Fuel Supply
- It is unclear how long the failure will last. Delays have occurred at the airport, in some cases passengers are stuck on board,
- Already hours in gear
- Some passengers were already on the plane when the disruption started, or had to board despite the disruption. Because almost no planes can depart, they are 'stuck' on the taxiways, until it may be decided to bring an airplane back to the gate. In some cases, passengers have been waiting in the aircraft for more than two hours.
- @transavia @Schiphol Already 2.5 hours in the plane on d27 waiting for nothing. How long do we have to stay on board? This is insanity. I want to get my jerry can home if that helps! #schiphol #soap #brandstofstoring #poppenkast #information #jammer # delay
- 25 minutes ago
- Are you in a plane for 2 hours with defective air conditioning #transavia #schiphol #fuelstoring
- 3 hour delay and counting ... we can now go back to the gate ... So #fail, #Schiphol, #fuel ... Keep the line
Peak day
It is expected to be a peak day at Schiphol, due to the start of the summer holiday this week. This means that it is extra busy in the departure halls. Because few aircraft can depart at the moment, it is also getting busier in the lounges and at the gates.
Source: https://nos.nl/liveblog/2294896-storing-brandstoftoevoer-schiphol-passagiers-urenlang-vast-in-vliegtuigen.html
Few thousand suitcases left at Schiphol after a malfunction
After a failure in the Schiphol baggage system, a few thousand suitcases were left at the airport. They are even stored under an overpass on the site. The failure occurred last Saturday. "On the same day it was corrected again. We are now in the process of sending the suitcases, but because it involves a few thousand, it takes a while," says a spokesperson. According to him, the problem is mainly that the regular baggage must also be processed again. "That's why it takes a while. But we're already halfway through and we're trying to send the remaining suitcases to their owners this week."
School vacation
The school vacation starts this Friday. Nevertheless, the spokesperson does not expect any additional problems. "With us, the holiday already starts at the end of March. As a result, around 200,000 passengers arrive at Schiphol every day. Friday is not necessarily a peak for us."
Moreover, a malfunction can always occur, he emphasizes. "That is why we have extra technicians ready during the summer period and people who can resolve minor malfunctions in the system."
How the outage occurred last Saturday remains unclear for the time being. Research is still being done on this.
Source: https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/248712/paar-duizend-koffers-achtergebleven-op-schiphol-na-storing
Police never practiced scenario for nationwide 112 failure
The Dutch police have never practiced for a nationwide 112 failure, according to Minister Ferd Grapperhaus (Justice and Security) in a letter to Parliament on Thursday. The chance of a failure such as that of 24 June was seen as minimal, the minister said. Neither has it been practiced for a scenario where the emergency number and the regular national police number failed at the same time.
There has been practice for a situation with a partial failure. However, a complete national outage has never been discussed. It was thought that KPN could fall back on backups, so that this could never happen. Emergency services had to improvise for hours during the outage. Agents were sent to the streets to help possible civilians in need. Because no national emergency number was initially available, local emergency services shared their 06 numbers on social media. Only later did the police share a replacement emergency number via an NL-Alert, whereby a wrong tip number was also accidentally placed.
Interference caused by KPN systems
A failure at telecom provider KPN made sure that the emergency number 112 was not available for a long time on Monday 24 June. The malfunction was caused by a software error that prevented all backups from working. According to KPN CEO Joost Farwerck, KPN's cyber security team has not had any indication that it was a hacking attack. Clients of the provider can now apply for compensation.
Investigate the malfunctionWe are currently investigating the damage caused by the malfunction. Recently it appeared that a woman from Breda died during the 112 outage. It is still unclear whether she would have survived if the number could be reached. In addition, it is being looked into how such problems can be prevented in the future. Critics argue for a backup on the telecom network of a competitor of KPN, such as VodafoneZiggo or T-Mobile. It was not the first time that the emergency number was unreachable. In 2012, 112 went out several times. The longest outage was that year in June, when the number could not be reached for six hours.
Source: https://www.nu.nl/politiek/5960510/politie-oefende-nooit-scenario-voor-landelijke-112-storing.html
Lost mail? Police find several pits with thousands of letters in Laren
Whoever lives in the Laren area and has received very little mail lately, no longer needs to look for an explanation. This morning the police found thousands of letters, magazines and other dumped mail items in a forest near Laren.
Tossed earth betrayed the post-dump site. The person who found the hiding place saw that the site had been dug properly. There was also a part of a shovel near the location, the police wrote on Facebook .
The police discovered several holes in the forest, containing thousands of mail items. According to an eyewitness it concerns eight holes of a meter deep. The letters are not very dated, because they still look good. For example, the latest edition of 360Magazine of 27 June is in the post.
Response Sandd
Mail delivery Sandd is now on its way to collect and collect all mail items. "Mail that can still be delivered will follow the next delivery date," a spokesperson told NH News. Letters that have expired or whose postal address is no longer visible are collected. "We are still investigating what we can and will do with it."
Sandd has since started an investigation into the cause. "We look at whether there have been complaints lately. We also look at who is responsible for the disappearance of the post."
Source: https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/249216/post-kwijt-politie-vindt-meerdere-kuilen-met-duizenden-brieven-in-laren