UPDATE: FAA computer system 'fully restored' after outage, nationwide ground stop lifted
The FAA has ordered a nationwide pause on all domestic departures following a computer failure that has impacted flights around the country.
Departures were resuming at about 8:15 a.m. ET at two of the nation's busiest hubs -- Newark and Atlanta -- FAA officials said onThe affected Notice To all Air Missions, or NOTAM, system is responsible for sending out flight hazards and real time restrictions to pilots, administration officials said earlier.
Engineers are feverishly working to fix the problems and, separately, identify precisely what happened. As of now, the assessment is the failures are the result of a "glitch" and not something intentional. All possibilities are being looked at to ensure that the FAA systems were not breached.The official compared the current outage to the crisis that crippled Southwest Airlines during the holidays: antiquated software overdue for replacement inside a critical IT network.
An update was issued shortly after their first announcement saying that they were working to fix the problem.
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