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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dee-Ann Durbin and Oliver O'Connell

Flight delayed or cancelled due to the FAA system outage? Experts share advice

AP

Thousands of travelers were stranded at US airports on Wednesday due to an hours-long computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration.

More than 1,000 US flights were cancelled early in the day and almost 7,000 flights were delayed, according to the tracking site FlightAware. That number continued to climb in the afternoon. Overall, more than 10,000 flights were impacted by the disruption.

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