FAA Suspends Access for Contract Personnel Involved in Flight Disruption
The agency says the suspension will remain during investigation of a pilot-alert system outage.
| Date: | Jan. 25, 2023 9:12 PM ET |
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FAA Cites Personnel Failure in System Outage That Halted Flights
The breakdown in its pilot-alert system was the result of damage to a data file by personnel, according to a preliminary analysis.
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FAA identifies contractor involved in outage that cause nationwide ground stop
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House passes bill to improve FAA system that grounded flights
The House on Wednesday passed a bipartisan bill aimed at reviewing and recommending improvements to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) NOTAM pilot alert system that went haywire earlier this month. The NOTAM Improvement Act
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FAA says problem that grounded all U.S. flights happened when files were unintentionally deleted
Last week’s massive flight disruption that halted departures nationwide was caused after “contract personnel unintentionally deleted files,” the FAA said Thursday.
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FAA says contractor unintentionally deleted files before outage disrupted thousands of flights
Around 10,000 flights were delayed because of the outage of a pilot-alerting system.
Jan. 19, 2023 - US Top News and Analysis - Business -
FAA is years away from upgrading the system that grounded all US flights
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Flight delays stretch into Thursday after FAA outage
A wave of flight delays and cancellations rippled into Thursday after a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system outage grounded and canceled flights all over the U.S. on Wednesday.
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Hundreds of flights delayed day after FAA outage
The FAA said it appears a corrupted database file brought the nation's aviation system to a halt Wednesday.
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FAA investigating what caused outage which grounded thousands of U.S. flights
The Federal Aviation Administration said a "damaged database file" was to blame for a computer outage which forced a nationwide ground stop, canceling and delaying thousands of flights Wednesday.
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FAA investigating computer glitch which grounded thousands of flights
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Corrupted file to blame for FAA aviation stoppage that delayed thousands of flights
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MarketWatch First Take: FAA computer outage leads to nearly 10,000 U.S. flights delayed
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FAA says ‘damaged database file’ prompted halt on domestic US flights
National traffic had come to a stop for two hours after failure of critical computer system
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FAA system outage disrupts thousands of flights across U.S.
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Jan. 11, 2023 - US Top News and Analysis - Business - Travel -
Air travel begins returning to normal following FAA outage that grounded flights
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Live updates: Operations 'resuming gradually' after FAA orders domestic flight pause
The FAA has ordered a temporary nationwide pause on all domestic flights until 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning following a computer failure impacted flights.
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FAA lifts halt on domestic US flights after safety system restored
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