Melbourne Airport Fuel Issue

[Dmac6345]

06:36 and not one aircraft has departed Melbourne yet. All departing passengers have been advised of delays, due to a fuel supply issue. I believe it is a computer issue not an actually low supply issue. Could make for an interesting morning.
Safe travels!

 

[Happy Trails]

Just announced that it's all sorted now.

 

[Dmac6345]

Just announced that it's all sorted now.

Great, good to know.
I would suggest a large backlog of aircraft departing. Also arriving aircraft will struggling for available gates.

 

[TomVexille]

We've just had a notification of a 15 minute delay out of BNE that may of may not be related

 

[Melburnian1]

Dmac6345, thank you for the post. As usual, the best contributions come from reporters on the spot.

Supposedly the previous problems with the actual fuel supply (pipeline) had been fixed.

It's concerning if 'computer issues' can cause other problems. I am no IT expert but does the computer have a backup facility?

What if some <redacted> terrorists decided to cause havoc?

It doesn't give me the impression that Melbourne Airport's fuel supplies are secure or robust.

 

[Happy Trails]

The MEL fuel thing this morning was very short-lived - maybe 10 minutes between it being first announced and then declared over.