COMPUTER OUTAGE UPDATE: FLIGHT DEPARTURES RESUME ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AFTER FAA SYSTEM OUTAGE
Flight operations has resumed accross United States after Federal Aviation Administration-ordered halt to all domestic flight departures across the United States was lifted Wednesday as the system providing pilots with pre-flight safety notices was restored following an overnight outage that caused extensive disruption reports CNN
The stop order according to CNN place after the failure of its NOTAMS — or Notice to Air Missions — system was lifted by the FAA shortly before 9 a.m. Eastern Time as the agency said normal air traffic operations were resuming across the country. It said it was still trying to determine the cause of the problem.
It was anticipated that some airlines could continue to delay or cancel flights because of ongoing congestion caused by the incident. An airline source familiar with the situation said airlines may implement ground delay programs, which could potentially lead to further timetable issues.
Airlines for America, an association representing US airlines, earlier said the outage was “causing significant operational delays.” Major US carriers including United Airlines, Delta and American Airlines all said had grounded flights in response to the situation.
US President Joe Biden said there was no immediate information on what had caused the outage — the second US aviation crisis in a matter of weeks. He said he had been briefed on the situation and was in touch with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
“I just spoke with Buttigieg,” he told reporters as he departed the White House. “They don’t know what the cause is. But I was on the phone with him the last 10 minutes. I told them to report directly to me when they find out. Aircraft can still land safely, just not take off right now
