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Minimal airline delays, cancellations a day after US outage

Delays and cancellations among flights across the United States were minimal on Thursday, a day after a system that offers safety information to pilots failed, grounding some planes for hours

The Independent UK

During in-flight emergencies, sometimes airlines’ medical kits fall short

In March, a Frontier Airlines flight was headed from Phoenix to Las Vegas when a female passenger stopped breathing. The flight attendant yelled in the cabin for help.

Tribune News Service

Why air travel has been a huge mess lately

There's plenty of blame to go around for the recent spate of delays and cancellations.

Axios

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FAA's ground stop proves business needs a functioning government to thrive

Gridlock and partisan stalemate are not good for business or the economy.

Fortune

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."

WEKU

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

Flights grounded – latest: Corrupted file blamed for 10,000 US plane delays

Flights beginning to resume following widespread disruption

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Corrupted file blamed for taking down US flight system and causing 10,000 plane delays or cancellations

More than 10,000 flights delayed in first national grounding of flights in about two decades

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Thousands of flights cancelled as computer breakdown causes air travel chaos

US government launches investigation into outrage which saw 1,300 flights scrapped and 9,000 suffer delays

Wales Online

Air travel system failure boosts case for Phil Washington as head of FAA, Sen. Hickenlooper says

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., seized on the breakdown of a key FAA system Wednesday to make the case that the Senate should confirm the stalled nomination of Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington to head the federal agency.

The Denver Post

Historic transportation crises haunt Buttigieg

A modest Cabinet role has become a political albatross for one of the Democratic Party's brightest young stars.

Axios

Departures 'gradually' returning to normal after FAA lifts ground stop

Airlines resumed flights after a system outage led U.S. authorities to temporarily ground planes nationwide early Wednesday, a dramatic disruption to the air-traffic system expected to cause ongoing delays and cancellations.

Tribune News Service

EXPLAINER: How NOTAM caused widespread flight disruptions

Until Wednesday, few travelers had heard of a Notice to Air Missions, or NOTAM

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Reason

Aviation Groups Have Complained for Years About the Outdated FAA Alert System That Crashed Today

Critics say the NOTAM system creates safety hazards by overloading pilots with hard to read and superfluous information while failing to alert them to real hazards.

The Independent UK

White House stands behind Buttigieg after fallout from airline disruptions

Administration ‘has confidence’ in Transportation Secretary in wake of airline fallout

The Independent UK

Canada suffers same mysterious air system outage as US, delaying more flights

System restored and root cause of brief outage being investigated

The Guardian - US

‘It’s been rough’: passengers weather another day of chaos at US airports

From weather disruptions to computer problems to crew shortages, customers are once again caught in travel limbo

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Tribune News Service

What is NOTAM? Feds blames crucial flight system for ground stop, nationwide delays

Flights resumed across the United States on Wednesday morning after they were temporarily grounded as a computer outage threatened to wreak havoc throughout the country’s airports.

The Guardian - US

US flights resuming after FAA alert system outage causes disruption

Thousands of flights delayed because of problem with system that alerts pilots about hazards or changes at airports

The Independent UK

UK passengers unlikely to get compensation after US flights grounded

A computer outage caused thousands of flights to and from the US to be delayed and cancelled.

Tribune News Service

Departures resume after FAA lifts ground stop

U.S. flight departures began resuming early Wednesday after an overnight outage to a key air-traffic system prompted authorities to ground planes nationwide.

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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’

Tribune News Service

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.

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