A U.S. Senate panel will review the cause of a Federal Aviation Administration computer system outage that sparked a nationwide ground stop and delayed or canceled more than 7,000 U.S. flights, Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell said on Wednesday.
Passengers exit a bus at Terminal 2 as they wait for the resumption of flights at O'Hare International Airport after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered airlines to suspend all domestic departures due to a disruption in the system, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
that sparked a nationwide ground stop and delayed or canceled more than 7,000 U.S. flights, Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell said on Wednesday.beginning to resume departures"We will be looking into what caused this outage and how redundancy plays a role in preventing future outages. The public needs a resilient air transportation system," Cantwell said. The ground stop was lifted by the FAA shortly before 9 a.m. EST.
The FAA has been without a permanent administrator since March 31. The Senate Commerce Committee has yet to hold a hearing on President Joe Biden's pick to head the agency, Denver International Airport Chief Executive Phil Washington, who was renominated by Biden last week.
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