Passengers exit a bus at Terminal 2 flights at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, US, after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered airlines to suspend all domestic departures due to system disruption. Let’s wait to get started. , Photo Credit: Reuters
Passengers flying to the US on airlines such as Air India can expect some delays after a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system outage caused all flights departing from the US to be halted for a while.
US flights were slowly resuming departures after the FAA lifted an overnight order for all domestic flights to halt departures for a few hours. Airline sources say this had led to increased runway congestion, leading to massive delays.
“Normal air traffic operations are slowly resuming across the United States following an overnight outage of the Notice to Air Mission system that provides safety information to flight crews. Ground stop has been removed. We continue to look into the cause of the initial problem, the FAA posted on Twitter.
The White House said there was no evidence of a cyber attack.
Air India, which operates 41 weekly flights to five destinations in the US from Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, saw initial delays in at least two flights scheduled to take off on Thursday due to congestion and spill-over on the airport’s runway. are supposed to. impact on airlines
But this too was expected to be resolved sooner, as the FAA lifted the order.
“Customers may continue to see some delays and cancellations as we work to restore our schedule,” United Airlines said. It offered travel discounts to its passengers for those who wanted to cancel or reschedule their flights.
According to the FlightAware website, more than 5,400 flights were delayed and 900 cancelled.
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The affected system is known as Notice to Air Mission or NOTAM and is a digital display board of important safety updates such as alerts to pilots about closed runways, equipment outages and other potential hazards along the flight path or at a location who can influence. Air travel.
A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson said, “We are working closely with the relevant authorities and, after a careful assessment, will continue to operate our schedule of US flights departing the UK due to FAA restrictions, with some US departures delayed.” may be affected.”
A Lufthansa spokeswoman said its flights out of the US were operating as scheduled.
Airlines such as Vistara that fly to European destinations such as London, Paris and Frankfurt said they did not expect an impact on operations.