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LIVE COVERAGE
The Federal Aviation Administration said early Wednesday that there was no immediate estimate for the restoration of the NOTAM system.
Updated Jan. 11, 2023, 12:40 PM UTC
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What you need to know about the FAA computer outage
- Flights across the United States were grounded Wednesday morning after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered all domestic departures to be delayed until 9 a.m. ET to allow the agency to check safety information.
- The FAA said it had experienced a computer outage.
- About 1,230 flights within, into and out of the U.S. were delayed as of around 7:29 a.m. ET Wednesday morning, according to online flight tracker FlightAware
- Around 108 flights were listed as canceled.
4m ago / 12:40 PM UTC
All flights by American airlines from Paris delayed, airport operator says
PARIS — All flights by American airlines from Paris have been delayed until further notice, Groupe ADP, an international airport operator based in the French capital, told NBC News Wednesday.
Air France, meanwhile, said its flights from the U.S. were going ahead as planned and were not affected by the FAA notice, and they understood that the problems with the system would be fixed soon.
13m ago / 12:30 PM UTC
United delays domestic flights until 10 a.m. ET
United Airlines said in a statement Wednesday morning they have temporarily delayed all domestic flights until at least 10 a.m. ET.
“The FAA system that sends out important real-time flight hazards and restrictions to all commercial airline pilots — Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) — is currently suffering a nationwide outage. United has temporarily delayed all domestic flights and will issue an update when we learn more from the FAA.”
In a tweet, Southwest Airlines urged customers to check the status of their flight in the Southwest app or on their website.
17m ago / 12:26 PM UTC
FAA pauses all domestic departures until 9 a.m. ET
26m ago / 12:17 PM UTC
Flight radar shows aircraft over the United States at 7 a.m. ET
27m ago / 12:16 PM UTC
Sec. Buttigieg tweets he’s been in touch with FAA
27m ago / 12:16 PM UTC
Hundreds of flights already affected
About 760 flights within, into and out of the U.S. were delayed as of around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to online flight tracker FlightAware. Around 90 flights were listed as canceled.
“Operations across the National Airspace System are affected,” the FAA said in a statement.
“The FAA is working to restore its Notice to Air Missions System. We are performing final validation checks and repopulating the system now,” it said.
27m ago / 12:16 PM UTC
FAA still working to restore computer system
Source: | This article originally belongs to Nbcnews.com