An FAA computer glitch grounded flights across the US
Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty ImagesA critical Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system suffered an overnight glitch, grounding flights across the US. The FAA posted an advisory notice early Wednesday that notes that the United States NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) system “failed” but said just before 9AM ET that “normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually.”
In a tweet Wednesday evening, the regulator said it was continuing to investigate the outage, and that it had traced it to “a damaged database file.”
We are working diligently to further pinpoint the causes of this issue and take all needed steps to prevent this kind of disruption from happening again. (2/2)— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023
NOTAM is a critical system that keeps pilots and…
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