Flights across the United States were affected Wednesday morning after Federal Aviation Administration he said he experienced a computer crash.
All flights in the US were grounded after the incident, a source with knowledge of the situation told NBC News.
The FAA said in a notice on its website that its Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system had «failed» on Wednesday morning. A NOTAM is a notice containing essential information for workers involved in flight operations.
«Technicians are currently working to restore the system and there is no estimate for service restoration at this time,» he said.
About 760 flights within, to and from the US were delayed around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to the online flight tracker. reported flight. Around 90 flights were listed as cancelled.
«Operations throughout the National Airspace System are affected,» the FAA said in a statement to NBC News.
“The FAA is working to restore its Air Mission Notification System. We are running final validation checks and repopulating the system now,” he said.
«We will provide frequent updates as we progress,» he said.
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