Federal aviation regulators, lawmakers and air safety advocates have for years warned about outdated technology and other problems with the pilot-alert system that brought U.S. air travel to a halt this week
Transportation Department officials have described technology used in its Notice to Air Missions, or Notams, alert system as ‘failing vintage hardware’ that needs replacing
U.S. passengers faced widespread delays Wednesday after an outage of the Federal Aviation Administration’s real-time flight operations system led the agency to temporarily ground all domestic flights. WSJ’s Jacob Passy explains what went wrong. Photo: John Locher/Associated Press
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