FAA equipment failure diverts Allegiant flight into Youngstown

VIENNA

A technical problem with a landing device near the runway at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport led to day long headaches for Allegiant Air customers Wednesday.

Dan Dickten, the local airport’s director of aviation, said the problem started Wednesday morning when a flight from St. Petersburg, Fla., had to be diverted to the Toledo Express Airport instead of landing here.

The Allegiant aircraft could not land because the airport’s Instrument Landing System, which helps aircraft land in poor weather conditions, was not working properly.

The Federal Aviation Administration, which owns, operates and maintains the system, had been working on it since Monday, Dickten said.

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