Computer Problems Causing Flight Delays Across Unites States
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 2:52PM Flights all across the Unites States have been delayed due to a computer problem slowing down the process of approving flight plans.
The facility south of Atlanta was having problems processing data, requiring that all flight-plan information be processed through a facility in Salt Lake City, Utah -- overloading that facility.
The two facilities process all flight plans for commercial and general aviation flights in the United States, said FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen.
The administration said there are no radar outages and said they have not lost contact with any planes. The roughly 5,000 flights that were in the air when the breakdown happened were not affected -- just those that were waiting to take off.
FAA officials said there were no immediate safety problems. The bulk of the problems were centered on Boston, Chicago and other airports in the East, the FAA said.
The FAA said communication with planes hasn't been affected, and those aircraft with approved flight plans are proceeding normally.
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