US Air travel issues to persist well into Sunday, with thousands of flights affected
Nearly all departing flights nationwide were grounded for almost five hours on Friday, the longest such halt since the Sept 11, 2001 attacks and one of the worst days in US aviation history.
The disruption to US air travel is expected to persist well into Sunday, with thousands of flights affected, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA head, Bryan Bedford, predicted that airline operations would largely return to normal by late Sunday, but the issue began on Friday afternoon when air traffic control centers experienced instability in radar and communications systems.
The root cause of the problem was traced to L3Harris, an FAA contractor, installing at least one new router at a remote facility, causing data overloading of other communications centers and affecting radar. Airlines such as Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and American Airlines canceled about 25% of their flights on Saturday, while JetBlue canceled nearly 45%.
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