{"id":172790,"date":"2023-03-21T20:55:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=172790"},"modified":"2023-03-21T20:55:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:55:52","slug":"faa-outage-upends-u-s-air-travel-second-fiasco-in-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/faa-outage-upends-u-s-air-travel-second-fiasco-in-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA outage upends U.S. air travel, second fiasco in weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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United Airlines planes are seen at Newark Airport in July. Photo: Jeenah Moon\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
A Federal Aviation Administration computer system outage temporarily grounded all domestic flight departures Wednesday, impacting travel for some 10,000 flights.<\/p>\n
The big picture<\/strong>: This marked the second major disruption to U.S. air travel in recent weeks, after a winter storm last month caused thousands of flight delays and cancellations over the holiday season.<\/p>\n Catch up quick: <\/strong>The FAA announced shortly before 9 am ET Wednesday that it would allow normal air traffic operations to resume, following an outage of its Notice to Air Missions System, which sends notifications to pilots about flight restrictions, hazards and broken equipment.<\/p>\n By the numbers: <\/strong>As of 6:30 pm ET, there were <\/strong>nearly 9,600 flight delays within, into, or out of the U.S. on Wednesday, according to data from FlightAware.<\/p>\n President Biden told reporters <\/strong>on Wednesday that he had spoken with Buttigieg and asked that he "report directly to me when they find out" the cause. <\/p>\n What they're saying: <\/strong>Republicans criticized the DOT's handling of the situation and called on the Biden administration to enact reforms to the FAA.<\/p>\n Zoom out: <\/strong>The FAA has been without a permanent leader since March, with President Biden's nominee to the position \u2014 Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington \u2014 not yet receiving a confirmation hearing.<\/p>\n Of note<\/strong>: The Notice to Air Missions System provides pilots with critical information regarding changes that may affect their flights.<\/p>\n Editor's note: This story has been updated with new details throughout.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n
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