Thursday, January 14, 2010

delays 100 flights in Tokyo

TOKYO: A computer glitch at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport has delayed 104 flights, Japan’s Transport Ministry said on Thursday.Ministry official Mitsuhiko Kuroda said the glitch was found Thursday in an air radar system at Japan’s main domestic airport. The system is to show data including flights altitudes, speed and flight numbers.Kuroda said the system stopped showing such data due to the glitch, which was fixed about two hours later. The ministry is investigating the cause of the glitch.