WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Amrici wazir-e-transport Sean Duffy ne Hafte ko kaha ke Jumme ko poore America mein flights ki bandish us waqt shuru hui jab ek sarkari contractor taanbe ki purani telecommunications line ko fibre se badalne ka maamool ka kaam kar raha tha.
Duffy ne ek news conference mein bataya ke Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ka purana contractor L3Harris unke baqaul “ek bohat door-daraz maqaam” par copper wire ko fibre se badal raha tha ke isi dauran zer-e-kaam ek router ne air traffic control ke doosre nizaamon ko data se bhar diya. Unke mutabiq is se tayyaron ke saath raabta mutasir hua aur hukoomat ne hifazat ke pesh-e-nazar fazai hudood band kar deen.
Duffy ne kaha ke in tansibaat mein lage router 2001 mein bane the, aur purani line “itni purani taar thi ke use khatam kiya ja raha tha”.
Unhon ne kaha: “Hum yeh tay karne ki koshish kar rahe hain ke kya yeh na-ahli thi, yaani user ki ghalti ya L3Harris ke installer ki ghalti, ya unhon ne kharab router lagaya?” L3Harris ne fori taur par koi radd-e-amal nahin diya.
Hamle ka koi nishaan nahin
Duffy ne kaha ke hukoomat ke khayal mein yeh kharabi kisi cyber hamle ka nateeja nahin thi, taham tehqeeqat jaari hain. Briefing mein unke saath maujood FAA ke sarbarah Bryan Bedford ne kaha: “Hamein kisi badniyati par mabni kaarravai ka koi saboot nahin mila, aur artificial intelligence se mutalliq kisi cheez ka bhi koi saboot nahin.”
Is se woh sawal hal ho gaya jo Jumme ki raat khula reh gaya tha, jab Homeland Security ke wazir Markwayne Mullin ne kaha tha ke hukkam artificial intelligence ke us naye tool se taalluq ko radd nahin kar sakte jo FAA ne apne air traffic marakiz mein mutaarif karana shuru kiya tha. Is tool ki company, Air Space Intelligence, pehle hi keh chuki thi ke uski product ka is mein koi kirdaar nahin.
Jumme ko Eastern waqt ke mutabiq sehpehar 3:54 (Pakistan mein Hafte ki ali-us-subah 1:54) se chaar ghante se zyada tak bar-e-azam America se kisi flight ko udaan bharne ki ijazat nahin di gayi. 11 September 2001 ke hamlon ke baad yeh mulk-geer satah par flights rokne ka sirf doosra waqia tha. Pichla waqia January 2023 mein pilots ko hifazati notice bhejne wale nizaam ki kharabi ke baad pesh aaya tha, jiski wajah FAA ne baad mein contract mulazimeen ki jaanib se ghalti se files delete hona batayi thi.
Itwaar tak khalal
Flight tracking site FlightAware ke mutabiq Jumme ko taqreeban 25,000 flights takheer ka shikaar huin aur 9,000 se zyada mansookh huin. Aviation data firm Cirium ke mutabiq Hafte ko mansookhiyan 4,000 se barh gayin, jo America se rawana hone wali flights ka taqreeban 14 feesad hain.
Bedford ne kaha ke airlines ko tawaqqo hai ke Itwaar ko kaarobari auqaat khatam hone tak “schedule mukammal taur par bahaal” ho jayega.
Duffy ne kaha ke FAA shayad woh aakhri bara Amrici idara hai jo ab bhi copper se fibre aur analogue se digital par muntaqil ho raha hai “kyunke sarmaya kaari nahin ki gayi, lekin yeh koi pecheeda kaam nahin”. Unhon ne khabardar kiya ke jab tak Congress air traffic control ke nizaam ko jadeed banane ke liye raqam manzoor nahin karti, aisi kharabi dobara ho sakti hai. Sadr Donald Trump ne is kaam ke liye 30.1 arab dollar maange hain, aur Congress ke dono aiwanon mein Republicans ki aksariyat hai.
