FAA Outage, all flights delayed (1 Viewer)

[glvsav37]

if heading to the airport today, check your flights. LOoks like someone tripped over the extension card at the FAA and shut down their systems

Flights grounded across United States after FAA system outage

U.S. flights were grounded or delayed on Wednesday as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scrambled to fix a system outage, with passengers told to check with airlines for updates.

www.reuters.com

 

[IvanKaramazov]

It sometimes feels as if the simulation is doing stuff like this intentionally just to see if people will react differently to a private firm faceplanting because it was using outdated software vs. the government faceplanting because it was using outdated software.

 

[zamboni]

Impossible not to think of this

 

[Phil Elliott]

Ground stop just lifted.

 

[belljr]

Ftr your planes in the air were not lost.

This is a real time system that sends data to pilots and others about any changes to a facility, procedure or hazard that happened in the NAS