Normal flights are gradually resuming across the United States after a computer glitch grounded thousands of flights and caused severe delays for passengers, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed.
Pilots were suddenly alerted to potential hazards on flight routes. As a result, thousands of planes did not take off while the cause of the alert was investigated. The FAA now says that flights have resumed operation from 14:00 GMT today. The aviation authorities are still investigating the cause of the alarm.
Flights from major airports such as New Jersey’s Newark Airport, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport were some of the first to resume normal operations.
A spokesperson for the White House said that, as of yet, there was no evidence that the emergency alert was caused by a cyberattack. The glitch is reported to be tied to the FAA’s Notice to Air Missions System. The White House Press Secretary said that US President Joe Biden had called for a “full investigation” into the incident.
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Delays affected all flights and all carriers equally. United Airlines has said that it would continue to delay domestic flights until it received confirmation from the FAA. Thousands of passengers are experiencing severe delays to their journeys as a result of the outage.
