The outage to the FAA's Notice to Air Missions system, or NOTAMs, which issues essential notices to flight personnel, has caused nearly 4,600 flights to be delayed across the U.S.
In 1947, the Convention on International Civil Aviation, a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinated international air travel, agreed to begin issuing NOTAMs through telecommunications to assist with airplane safety. Originally known as the Notice to Airmen system, NOTAMs were modeled after Notice to Mariners. That system advised ship captains of hazards in navigating the high seas, according to the FAA.
The erection of temporary obstacles, such as cranes, by an airfield or airport, as well as lights that cannot be serviced on tall obstructions also are factors that could trigger NOTAMs.Although the system has been largely effective for years, critics of the FAA often point to a 2017 incident to underscore a view that NOTAMs are “garbage.”tried to land in San Francisco in July 2017, the plane nearly crashed into four other airliners.
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