Name: Island Airways directs callers to Charlevoix during Beaver Island phone outage, 2017
Start: 2017-05-11
End: 2017-05-12
Location: Beaver Island

Island Airways directs callers to Charlevoix during Beaver Island phone outage, 2017

Also Island Airways Beaver Island phone outage May 2017

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TypeEvent

Dates2017-05-11 – 2017-05-12

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2017-05-11 – 2017-05-12
Kind: Communications outage
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: aviationcommunication-and-connectioninfrastructure
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In May 2017, Island Airways told customers that its Beaver Island phones were not reachable normally and directed them to contact the Charlevoix office.

Evidence limits

The forum preserves an operational notice but not the cause, full duration, or extent of the phone outage.

Sources

Angel Welke, “Island Airways - Charlevoix Contact,” Beaver Island Forum, May 11, 2017.
The notice said Island Airways phones on Beaver Island were unavailable except for local island calls and directed callers to the Charlevoix numbers. It does not identify the outage cause, duration beyond the notice, or service impact.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Island Airways directs callers to Charlevoix during Beaver Island phone outage, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-airways-charlevoix-phone-contact-2017/, accessed [date], citing Angel Welke, “Island Airways - Charlevoix Contact,” Beaver Island Forum, May 11, 2017..

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