Rabat – More than 3,700 across the US were disrupted on Wednesday morning following a fault in the Notice to Air Missions System, converging reports confirmed.
The system failure has affected not only flights leaving the US but any flights scheduled to arrive in America.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a tweet saying: “The FAA is working to restore its Notice to Air Missions System. We are performing final validation checks and reloading the system now.”
The tweet concluded: “Operations across the National Airspace System are Affected. We will provide frequent updates as we make progress.”
The FAA is working to restore its Notice to Air Missions System. We are performing final validation checks and reloading the system now.
Operations across the National Airspace System are affected.
We will provide frequent updates as we make progress.
— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023
The fault in the aviation system meant flights had to be grounded, to ensure the public’s safety as the system stopped displaying new information updates on January 11.
The Notice to Air Missions System alerts pilots about issues such as closed runways, equipment outages, or dangers and hazards in the airspace.
All domestic departures were stopped from 15:00 Moroccan time today and are expected to be delayed at least for the next few hours until the problem is resolved. However, some flights are now being resumed gradually from the US.
In total, over 640 flights have already been canceled with figures likely to increase following the disruption.
US President Joe Biden was briefed on the incident and has called for a full investigation into the cause behind the outage.
Passengers waiting in airports across the US have used Twitter to voice their concerns, lamenting that they have been left “stranded.”
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