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US flight disruption: FAA computer failure caused by people who damaged data file

WASHINGTON: The computer failure that prompted a halt of all US flight departures was caused when a data file was damaged as a result of a failure to follow government procedures, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday.

The Times of India

FAA computer failure caused by people who damaged data file

WASHINGTON — The computer failure that prompted a halt of all U.S. flight departures was caused when a data file was damaged as a result of a failure to follow government procedures, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Here's the latest on the NOTAM outage that caused flight delays and cancellations

The Federal Aviation Administration said late Wednesday that early work traced the blackout to a "damaged database file."

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Editorial: Another near miss for the nation's tattered transportation infrastructure

Perhaps not since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have the spacious skies over America been as empty as they were Wednesday morning when the Federal Aviation Administration ordered all domestic flights grounded over a computer malfunction. The cause wasn’t immediately identified, but this is the second time in two weeks…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

FAA links computer outage to procedural error as U.S. flights return to normal

A computer outage that grounded flights nationally on Wednesday and disrupted more than 11,000 flights was caused by a procedural error related to a data file, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday as U.S. airline operations returned to normal.

Reuters

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Travelers stand in the departures hall of Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Wednesday. A computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought flights to a standstill across the US, with thousands of delays quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide.

The Times of India

Flights grounded across US after FAA system Failure

A computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought flights to a standstill across the US, with hundreds of delays quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide.

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Explainer-Why U.S. flights were grounded by a FAA system outage

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allowed some flights to resume after an outage of the system that alerts pilots to any obstructions before take-off had earlier forced the civil aviation regulator to ground all aircraft in the United States.

Reuters

FAA system outage causes chaos with thousands of flight delays: ‘Haven’t seen a ground stop like this since 9/11’

‘Plane is 80 per cent empty as presumably many people bailed when they saw the news’

The Independent UK

US halts flights nationwide after key FAA system goes down

U.S. aviation authorities halted flights nationwide early Wednesday after the failure of a key pilot notification system operated by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Tribune News Service

Paris flights to North America delayed as US aviation safety system crashes: Update

Paris' international airports have experienced flight delays due to a US Federal Aviation Administration system failure that has affected international flights into North America. Latest reports say air traffic to the US is slowly returning to normal.

Radio France Internationale

US flights resume after nationwide grounding

Flight departures began resuming early Wednesday across the United States after an overnight outage to a key air-traffic system prompted authorities to ground all planes nationwide.

Bangkok Post

O’Hare, Midway passengers delayed hours by FAA computer outage

Nationwide, more than 1,000 flights were canceled, and more than 6,000 were delayed by 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.

Chicago Sun-Times

Airlines hope for return to normal Thursday after FAA outage snarls U.S. travel

The U.S. aviation sector was struggling to return to normal on Wednesday after a nationwide ground stop imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over a computer issue that forced a 90-minute halt to all U.S. departing flights.

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The Independent UK

Flight delays in US after FAA computer outage

Flights are being delayed at multiple locations across the United States after a computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration

Evening Standard

US flights chaos: Grounding order lifted after computer outage halts take-offs across America

More than 3,700 flights were delayed and more than 640 were cancelled earlier in the day

Daily Mirror

What to do if your US flights are affected as hundreds grounded in new chaos

Passengers on planes across the US have found themselves stuck on the tarmac for hours after the Federal Aviation Administration reportedly suffered a nationwide system error

Dynamite News

International: 36 Passengers Injured After Turbulence Hits Flight To Hawaii

At least 11 people were injured when a Honolulu-bound Hawaiian Airlines flight hit turbulence about 30 minutes before landing, Hawaii News Now reported. Read on for details:

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The Independent UK

Thanksgiving travel rush is back with some new habits

The holiday travel rush is already on, and it could spread out over more days than usual this year

The Independent UK

Thanksgiving might bring changes in holiday-travel habits

The holiday travel rush is already on, and it could spread out over more days than usual this year

Reason

From Space Regulator to Astronaut: Q&A With George Nield

He spent his government career thinking about space. Then he got to fly.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two WWII Planes Collide at Dallas Air Show

Two World-War-II-era airplanes collided Saturday at an air show in Dallas, US authorities said, with social media footage showing the aircraft crashing into each other and hitting the ground with a fiery explosion. It was not immediately clear how many people were in the two craft, a Boeing B-17 Flying…

The Independent UK

Two aircraft collide, crash during Dallas air show

The Federal Aviation Administration says two aircraft have collided at air show in Dallas

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: NASA studying UFOs won’t prove alien life exists. They should do it anyway

NASA announced last month that its new panel to study Unidentified Aerial Phenomena — i.e. UFOs — was staffed up and ready to get working. The panel is impressive, including planetary scientists, astrophysicists, experts from the Federal Aviation Administration, data scientists and a celebrated astronaut. I have worked with a…

Tribune News Service

Safety board urges FAA to mandate Otter seaplane inspections

The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday issued a formal and urgent safety recommendation to the Federal Aviation Administration and its Canadian counterpart that they mandate an immediate one-time inspection of a critical component on all DHC-3 Otter seaplanes.

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