Statement on Closure of Airspace and Groundings
We are saddened by the huge loss of life in the air collision out of Goudadam and our thoughts are with the families. As a result of suspicions over it possibly being due to a fault in IT systems within the ATC network we took the decision to ground airplanes as a quickly as possible and close the airspace in the Duchies to any arrivals coming in diverting planes that were close to the borders out of the countries air space. We have took these measures and will provisionally keep the airspace closed for 7 days to allow ample time to investigate the cause fully , check IT systems for any potential issues and interview those involved in the handling of the aircraft involved in the accident.
We have also called for help from the European Aviation Agency in the investigation in order to aid the investigation further. We will try to restore operations of ATC in 7 days with any amended procedures needed but if at 7 days we still feel it is unsafe or cannot find the fault in the system we cannot garuntee it will be open and would extend the period by another 7 days. We hope to resolve the issues as soon as possible but in this case safety as always has to take precedent. All airlines will compensated for any lost revenue and any increased costs caused by this closure from emergency funds.We fully take responsibility and are sorry for the loss of life and disruption caused and will do all we can to fix it as fast as possible.