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U.S. FAA reports the national flight personnel alert system not processing data.

PUBLISHED WED, JAN 11 2023 3:05 AM PST

Story and information by:
Nolan Apostle – Contributing Editor
EC Premier Magazine
Reporting from Las Vegas, Nevada

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The FAA flight system that alerts pilots and other flight personnel about hazards or any changes to airport facility services and relevant procedures was not processing updated information, the regulator’s website showed on Wednesday.

Over 400 flights were delayed within, into, or out of the United States as of Wednesday 2.30 am PT, flight tracking website FlightAware showed. It was not immediately clear if the outage was a factor.

PUBLISHED WED, JAN 11 2023 3:05 AM PST

UPDATES:
The FAA has lifted the GROUND STOP! There are already flight delays from many airports around the country. Planes and crews are out of position currently and just the fact that this has happened has delayed the entire system.

It’s going to take a while for the entire flight system to come back. There are over 4,000 flight delays currently throughout the country. It’s actually a major domino effect.

IF YOU ARE TRAVELING TODAY PLEASE CALL YOUR AIRLINE FOR UPDATES!!

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) system that alerts pilots and other flight personnel about hazards or any changes to airport facility services and relevant procedures was not processing updated information, the civil aviation regulator’s website showed on Wednesday.

In an advisory, the FAA said its NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) system had “failed”. There was no immediate estimate for when it would be back, the website showed, though NOTAMs issued before the outage were still viewable.

Currently over 400 flights were delayed within, into, or out of the United States as of Wednesday 2:31 am PST, flight tracking website FlightAware showed. It was not immediately clear if the outage was a factor. The number of flight delays is expected to rise.

“Technicians are currently working to restore the system,” the website showed. The FAA is not immediately available for further comment.

A NOTAM is a notice containing information essential to personnel concerned with flight operations, but not known far enough in advance to be publicized by other means.

Information can go up to 200 pages for long-haul international flights and may include items such as runway closures, general bird hazard warnings, or low-altitude construction obstacles.

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