All flight departures in US halted due to computer outage

Hundreds of flights in the US have been grounded after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported a technical problem with its pre-flight safety information system on Wednesday.

Officials have informed that this outage is a technical problem in FAA’s NOTAM (Notice to Air Mission) system. The Notice to Air Mission system alerts pilots and other personnel about flight conditions and other delays at airports across the country with pre-flight safety notifications.

The FAA informed that they are currently working to restore their information in the air mission system.

“We are performing a final validation check and reloading the system now,” the FAA said in a tweet. The FAA said operations in the National Airspace System were affected.

“We will make frequent updates as we make progress,” the FAA said in a tweet.

The FAA has ordered all airlines to suspend all domestic departures until 9 a.m. ET.

Update 3: The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage.⁰⁰The FAA has ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Eastern Time to allow the agency to validate the integrity of flight and safety information.
— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023

The FAA said flights are resuming now at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airports and will resume at other airports at 9 a.m. ET.

All flights currently in the sky are safe to land. Pilots check the NOTAM system before they fly. A Notice to Air Missions alerts pilots about closed runways, equipment outages, and other potential hazards along a flight route or at a location that could affect the flight.
— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023

About 400 flights across the US have been canceled so far due to this technical issue.

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