The FAA computer system NOTAM sends alerts to pilots to let them know of conditions that could affect the safety of their flights.
The FAA has ordered a nationwide pause on all domestic departures following a computer failure that has impacted flights around the country.experienced an outage Wednesday and briefly halted all US flightsThe system is known as the Notice to Air Missions or NOTAM. It sends alerts to pilots to let them know of conditions that could affect the safety of their flights.
"It's like telling a trucker that a road is closed up ahead. It's critical information," said Mike Boyd, aviation consultant at Boyd Group International. The FAA also operates the nation's air traffic control system, with air traffic controllers using radar to track all planes in their air space and radio communications with their cockpits to guide them safely. The computer systems that are the backbone of ATC system have also been known to go down. But when that happens, it typically only affects one region of country, not the entire nation's air space.
If the no new problems crop up, flights should return to normal soon, though it may take time to get all the delayed flights in the air. As of 9:30 am, tracking service FlightAware shows 4,600 delayed flights to, from and within the United States, with 827 flights canceled altogether. Aviation analytics firm Circium said there had been 23,000 domestic and international flights to or from the United States scheduled for Wednesday.
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