More than 6,000 flights delayed amid FAA system trouble
Jack Birle
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More than 6,000 flights have been canceled nationwide after a Federal Aviation Administration systems failure grounded flights for several hours Wednesday morning.
Flight data from FlightAware also indicated that more than 1,000 flights have been canceled as airlines resume operations.
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The delays and cancellations were caused by the Notice to Air Missions System, which sends out essential notices to pilots, needing to be reloaded early Wednesday morning, with several airlines confirming the outage was causing problems with flights being given clearance to depart.
The FAA confirmed just before 9 a.m. that systems were operating and that flight operations would be “resuming gradually” throughout the country. The agency also promised to investigate the cause of the systematic failure.
The White House said there is “no evidence” that it was from a cyberattack and that it has directed the Department of Transportation to investigate the system failure.
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Several of the top U.S. airlines confirmed that FAA problems had affected flight operations. United Airlines separately said that customers affected would be issued a travel waiver to change their plans.