System Outage Grounds All Domestic Flights

THe Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that all domestic customers will be grounded if there is a system outage Flying You can still get your tickets until 9 a.m. on Wednesday

According to the agency, the Notice to Air Missions System (which sends important notices to pilots) is currently being reloaded. Multiple airlines have reported issues with flight clearances.

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“The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage. While some functions are beginning to come back on line, National Airspace System operations remain limited,” The agency sent a tweet just before 7:01 a.m.

The FAA responded to the tweet with a 20-minute follow-up tweet stating that all domestic flights would be grounded. “allow the agency to validate the integrity of flight and safety information.”

United Airlines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines confirmed that the problem would impact flight operations. United saying All domestic flights were “temporarily delayed” In the meantime, please contact the FAA for more information.

Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg declared Wednesday morning that he will be “in touch with FAA” It is “working to resolve this issue swiftly.”

“I have been in touch with FAA this morning about an outage affecting a key system for providing safety information to pilots. FAA is working to resolve this issue swiftly and safely so that air traffic can resume normal operations, and will continue to provide updates,” Buttigieg Tweet just after 7 a.m.

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More than 100 flights to, from, and within the U.S. were cancelled, while more than 1,200 were delayed Wednesday. per FlightAware.

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