FAA Suffers Glitch to Crew Alert System, Potentially Affecting Flights in U.S.
Agency reports an outage of its system that alerts pilots and crew to advisories and flight information
The Federal Aviation Administration said it suffered an outage of its system that alerts pilots and crew to advisories and information for flights, a move that could affect operations across the U.S.
The agency, which oversees and manages the aviation network in the U.S., said it is working to restore its so-called Notice to Air Missions System. “Operations across the National Airspace System are affected,“ the FAA press office said. It said it was performing final checks to get the system back up and running.
Passengers on social media were reporting delays early Wednesday, citing the outage, but the scale of the impact wasn’t immediately clear. Some U.S.-bound flights from international destinations such as London and Tokyo were still taking off.