The Latest Breaking News from FAA

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 · Jan 12, 2023

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 · Jan 12, 2023

EXPLAINER: How NOTAM caused widespread flight disruptions

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

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023

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.

Tribune News Service · Jan 11, 2023

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 Guardian - US · Jan 11, 2023

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.

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023

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.

Tribune News Service · Jan 11, 2023

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.

The Times of India · Jan 11, 2023

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 · Jan 11, 2023

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 · Jan 11, 2023