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FAA outage: Damaged database file took down safety system, grounding flights

Thousands of flights were delayed across the U.S. after the Notice to Air Missions system, or NOTAM, “failed.”
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What you need to know about the FAA computer outage

  • Normal air traffic operations were resuming across the U.S. on Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration said, after an overnight computer outage grounded thousands of flights.
  • The FAA said its Notice to Air Missions system, or NOTAM, which contains information essential to workers involved in flight operation, had "failed."
  • A corrupted and damaged database file in the system was blamed for the stoppage, the FAA said.
  • More than 1,300 flights were canceled Wednesday and 10,000 were delayed Wednesday.