NBC News reports:
Flights across the United States were affected Wednesday morning after the Federal Aviation Administration said it experienced a computer outage. All flights in the U.S. were grounded following the incident, a source with knowledge of the situation told NBC News.
About 1230 flights within, into and out of the U.S. were delayed as of around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to online flight tracker FlightAware. Around 90 flights were listed as cancelled. The news came after a number of social media users said they had been impacted by the situation.
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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
Here is one of the regular announcements we’ve been getting at the gate regarding the national #FAA system outage. @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/M0EDuU1XrK
— Tenikka Smith Hughes (@TenikkaANjax) January 11, 2023
#BREAKING: All US flights grounded after FAA system failure; no estimate for service restoration. Details here https://t.co/eSk2sZYPYb
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) January 11, 2023