In a busy domestic season following new year it has been a nightmare for travellers in North America. Flights across America have been grounded following a technical glitch in a computer system and this has now caused unprecedented disruption. All operating airlines’ flights have been grounded in the US following a problem in the Notice to Air Missions system (NOTAM).
NOTAM provides information to flight crews regarding hazards, any sudden changes in airport facilities as well as other essential information. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that the normal air traffic operations are slowly resuming across the country even as they are looking into the cause of the problem.
The FAA had instructed airlines to halt all the domestic departures till 9 am US Eastern Time and is reportedly restoring the system which issues alerts to pilots in cases of hazards and changes to airport procedures and this has now faced challenges in processing updated information. A series of sudden changes and such glitches are paralyzing air traffic in western countries increasingly.
