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Communications system at TIA down for 5 hours
By Times Staff
Published April 18, 2005
TAMPA - The communications system went down at Tampa International Airport on Saturday. Air traffic controllers immediately switched to hand-held radios.
The outage occurred at 1:06 p.m., FAA spokesman Jim Peters said.
He said the control tower was unable to receive communications from pilots. Pilots could hear the controllers.
There were no delays in take-offs and landings, Peters said. Some airplanes, though, had to circle the airport while the tower transitioned to the back up system.
The FAA extended the space between departing and arriving flights as an added precaution.
The system came back on about 6:10 p.m., Peters said. He said technicians are working to identify the problem.
Crash on Interstate 4 kills South Tampa man
TAMPA - A South Tampa man died Sunday morning when his van struck a median on Interstate 4, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Jhonny Ramerez, 39, was driving west in the outside lane of Interstate 4 east of 50th Street when he ran off the road and struck a concrete wall, patrol officers said.
Ramerez's 1996 Dodge van overturned and stopped inside median.
Ramerez, who lived in an apartment at 6041 S West Shore Blvd., was ejected from the car and died at the scene, patrol officers said.
He was not wearing a seat belt.
No other cars were involved in the accident, patrol officers said. No one else was injured.
Patrol officers do not know what caused the crash.
[Last modified April 24, 2005, 10:46:56]
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