Sydney ATC system outage?

[xen0n33]

Anyone else caught at SYD atm? I’m on VA874 to MEL, should have left 18:00 but still at the gate at 19:34 - they’re saying an IT system outage affecting submission of flight plans.

I haven’t seen any other reports yet, but pilot suggests it could be nationwide (alarming if true).

 

[AuSammy]

Flights delayed at three Aussie airports amid tech issue

Travellers have been told some to check with their airline for any changes to their flight.

7news.com.au

 

[xen0n33]

Flights delayed at three Aussie airports amid tech issue

Travellers have been told some to check with their airline for any changes to their flight.

7news.com.au

Thanks, not looking too promising. That said, my connection is out of MEL so who knows if that is going anywhere

 

[clifford]

I wonder if this was related to the Cloudflare outage?

 

[justinbrett]

I wonder if this was related to the Cloudflare outage?

I doubt it, these run via the AFTN (aeronautical fixed telecommunications network) not the internet. There is obviously internet connectivity for certain clients but the core system doesn’t use cloud servers.

As it wasn’t national, it sounds like it was limited to the Melbourne FIR (the country is divided in two, the other in Brisbane).