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Federal Aviation Administration Grounds All Domestic US Flights




[*]Kay Smythe News and Commentary Writer
January 11, 2023

All domestic flights in the U.S. were grounded Wednesday morning due to a technical error.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working to restore a system that allows air traffic control to alert pilots when there are potential hazards on their flight path.
“We are performing final validation checks and reloading the system now. Operations across the National Airspace System are affected,” the FAA wrote on Twitter. “We will provide frequent updates as we make progress.”

Roughly an hour after their initial tweet, the FAA sent an update to followers, announcing that the agency had “ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9am Eastern Time,” to allow for research to be done on the “integrity of flight and safety information.


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Cleared Update No. 2 for all stakeholders: The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage. While some functions are beginning to come back on line, National Airspace System operations remain limited.




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Update 3: The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage. The FAA has ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Eastern Time to allow the agency to validate the integrity of flight and safety information.

6:19 AM · Jan 11, 2023


Heavy delays for arriving and departing domestic flights are likely to be substantially delayed  Wednesday, just a few short weeks after a significant winter bomb cyclone disrupted tens of thousands of flights through the holiday season. (RELATED: Amtrak Trolls Southwest Airlines For Highly Questionable Free Ukulele Giveaway)

Twitter users were quick to express concerns over the total shutdown of domestic travel, with CEO of Evercontact writing, “This is alarming. There should be an independent audit on such a large-scale incident. Is it due to obsolete equipment? is it a hack? Human error? Accountability is key to restoring trust in an industry that can’t allow mistakes!”
The FAA then retweeted a post from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who noted that “there is no evidence of a cyberattack at this point, but the President directed the Department of Transportation to conduct a full investigation into the causes.” She furthered that the FAA would continue to provide regular updates.

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FAA says US flights ‘gradually’ resuming after computer system failure grounded domestic take-offs
Date: January 11, 2023Author: Nwo Report 




Posted BY: Wyatt | NwoReport


The FAA said Wednesday that domestic flights are resuming after an overnight computer glitch grounded air travel.


“Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the U.S. following an overnight outage to the Notice to Air Missions system that provides safety info to flight crews,” the Federal Aviation Administration tweeted at about 8:55 a.m. ET. “The ground stop has been lifted. We continue to look into the cause of the initial problem.”
The federal agency said earlier in the morning, when the problem was first reported, that flights were scheduled to resume at about 9 a.m. ET.
“The FAA is working to restore its Notice to Air Missions System, the agency tweeted. “We are performing final validation checks and reloading the system now. Operations across the National Airspace System are affected. We will provide frequent updates as we make progress.”

The system is used to alert flight operations personnel about essential information. 
Shortly before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, at least 1,162 U.S. flights had been delayed, according to data from FlightAware.

The White House says President Biden was informed about the matter and that there is no indication the problem was the result of a cyber attack.
“The President has been briefed by the Secretary of Transportation this morning on the FAA system outage,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted. “There is no evidence of a cyberattack at this point, but the President directed DOT to conduct a full investigation into the causes. The FAA will provide regular updates.”


THANKS TO: https://nworeport.me/2023/01/11/faa-says-us-flights-gradually-resuming-after-computer-system-failure-grounded-domestic-take-offs/