A computer problem at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday it paralyzed all of US airspace.
Fueros thousands of flights within, to or from the country concerned and the FAA ordered a halt to operations until its Air Mission Notification system was restored.
“We are run the final validation checks and restart the system”, indicated the agency. “Operations throughout U.S. airspace are affected.”
As it continues to work to restore the Air Mission Warning system, the FAA has ordered airlines to suspend domestic flight departures until 9:00 a.m. local time (11:00 a.m. in Argentina) “to allow the agency to validate the flight information integrity and safety”.
After 10:00 (Argentina time), the FAA specified that “all flights currently in the sky can land safely” and specified that “pilots verify the NOTAM system before flying. An alert for air missions alerts pilots of runway closures, equipment outages, and other potential hazards along a flight path or location that could affect flight.”
In addition, he specified that progress is being made in restoring the system and that flight departures have resumed from the Atlanta airport and Newark in northern New Jersey.
The US transport secretary, Pete Buttigieg, reported through social networks that he is in contact with the FAA authorities.
“I was in contact with the FAA this morning about an outage affecting a key system for providing safety information to pilots. The FAA is working to fix this problem quickly and safely so that air traffic can resume normal operations and will continue to provide updates,” he said.
President Joe Biden is in communication with the secretary of transportation, according to the White House press secretary, and has asked the State Department to launch an investigation.
“There is no evidence of a cyber attack at this time, but the president has directed the DOT to conduct a full investigation into the causes“, specified Karine Jean-Pierre.
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Source: Clarin
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