All Domestic U.S. Flights Grounded by FAA Over System Outage
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9 a.m. ET to allow the agency to restore a critical system.
The Federal Aviation Administration early Wednesday ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9 a.m. ET to allow the agency to restore a critical system that alerts pilots and crew to safety advisories and other information for flights.
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said early Wednesday that it had temporarily delayed all domestic flights due to the issue. American Airlines Group Inc. AAL 3.97%increase; green up pointing triangle said in a tweet the FAA outage was affecting all carriers and all flights, but didn’t provide details. “We sincerely appreciate your patience as they work to resolve this,” the company said.
The FAA, which oversees and manages the aviation network in the U.S., said it is working to restore its so-called Notice to Air Missions System. “Operations across the National Airspace System are affected,” the FAA press office said. It also said, however, it was performing final checks to get the system back up and running. The FAA said in an advisory to operators that a Notam outage hotline had been activated while the problem was being addressed by technicians.
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