The United States Aviation Administration (FAA) asked for air traffic to be halted when it noticed something was wrong
American airports are experiencing a nightmare. A computer malfunction has caused all flights to be grounded for hours this morning. The United States Aviation Administration (FAA) requested that air traffic be halted as soon as the incident was discovered. It is estimated that more than 5,000 surgeries have been affected. According to the latest data, 4,000 have been postponed and 700 cancelled.
The issue affected pilot and crew information systems, this agency said in a statement. The operators immediately set to work to “completely restore the information system” and managed to get a number of functions “back online”. Although they have not been able to ‘educate’ everything. The first planes started to take off at 3pm Spanish time and the chaos is expected to be just a mirage in a few hours.
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said on Twitter that there are “no signs of a cyberattack at this time.” However, the country’s president Joe Biden “asked the Department of Transportation to conduct a full investigation into the causes of the incident,” he said.
For his part, Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg explained that he was following the work on a minute-by-minute basis. “I have been in contact with the FAA this morning. He is working to resolve the issue quickly and safely and will continue to provide updates.”
Airport screens quickly fill with messages about delays and cancellations. Many travelers have been unable to catch their flights and others have arrived at the airports without even knowing what was happening. The waiting rooms are crowded with patient users. Several airports, including those in Ottawa, Baltimore and Austin, have warned people not to arrive without checking the status of their flight.
For its part, the United Airlines company confirmed in a statement that it has “temporarily delayed all domestic flights” due to the outage. “We are closely monitoring the situation and are working with the FAA to minimize disruption to customers,” American Airlines said in turn.
The system affected by the outage, called Notice To Air Missions (Notam to Air Missions, NOTAM), is used to inform crews about risks, developments at airports and other relevant data. The FAA said the system’s operation had “degraded,” meaning the pilots were not getting information about closed airspaces, obstacles, etc.
Source: La Verdad
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