Hundreds of flights in the United States were grounded on Wednesday after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) experienced an outage leaving thousands of passengers stranded.
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The FAA said it 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,” it said.
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Several passengers took to social media to complain of being stuck on planes on the tarmac for hours in airports in several different parts of the country.
Still grounded @EWRairport with @UnitedAirlines as the @FAANews tries to figure out what is happening with their computer systems. @UnitedAirlines being ver professional and sharing as much information as they can. The pilot walking up and down the aisle talking to passengers. pic.twitter.com/DFnOQZ8Lh1
— Alan Smith (@alan_f_smith) January 11, 2023
Still grounded @EWRairport with @UnitedAirlines as the @FAANews tries to figure out what is happening with their computer systems. @UnitedAirlines being ver professional and sharing as much information as they can. The pilot walking up and down the aisle talking to passengers. pic.twitter.com/DFnOQZ8Lh1
— Alan Smith (@alan_f_smith) January 11, 2023
