US FAA Outage: What Is NOTAM and Why Its Breaking Down Caused Chaos?
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed that flights were grounded due to the failure of Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM).
The NOTAM system broke down in the US, leading to more than 1,000 flight cancellations and more than 6,000 delayed flights on Wednesday. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed that flights were grounded due to the failure of Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM). A NOTAM is a key pilot notification system used to alert pilots with information concerned with flight operations. FAA Outage: Flights Across US Grounded Due to Federal Aviation Administration Computer System Failure.
What Is NOTAM?
A computer outage led to a grounding order for all departing aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration early Wednesday, revealing how dependent air travel is on an antiquated computer system called the Notice to Air Missions System, or NOTAM. https://t.co/IGLRIZPpyW pic.twitter.com/3PGF1N8PUb
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