Techies try to bypass damaged UPS, send 380V into air traffic system
the loss in power originated in the Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management system's electrical network. Of course, uninterruptible power supplies exist to prevent this exact scenario, but neither of the system's two backup power supplies worked.
That power surge occurred when technicians tried to bypass the damaged UPS and sent 380 volts into the system, instead of the intended 220 volts, thus frying the terminals that receive satellite data from airplanes and air traffic management systems. The transport secretary added that the country's air traffic management system was at least 10 years behind that of Singapore.
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